Is there any explanation/history behind the name of the command dmesg
(which prints out some kernel messages)?
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Is there any explanation/history behind the name of the command dmesg
(which prints out some kernel messages)?
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I think it stands for "diagnostic messages", as per the older1 man page (referenced here too).
One of the oldest references appears to be a man page revision by Kirk McKusick dating back from 1985.
1: the link doesn't always work - no idea why... I'm attaching a screenshot though you should still be able to access the page via Google's cache.