Strange messages in /var/log/messages

[Mel]

On Friday 30 January 2009 08:20:00 Martin Schweizer wrote:

> Jan 30 17:54:45 firewall kernel: c
> Jan 30 17:54:46 firewall kernel: 0
> Jan 30 17:54:57 firewall kernel: w
> Jan 30 17:54:57 firewall kernel: .
> Jan 30 17:55:53 firewall kernel: c
> Jan 30 17:55:53 firewall kernel: C
> Jan 30 17:55:53 firewall kernel: A
> Jan 30 17:55:57 firewall kernel: i
> Jan 30 17:55:57 firewall kernel: 9
> Jan 30 17:56:29 firewall kernel:
> Jan 30 17:56:29 firewall kernel: 2
> Jan 30 17:56:29 firewall kernel: 5
> Jan 30 17:56:41 firewall kernel: 6
> Jan 30 17:56:41 firewall kernel:
> Jan 30 17:56:41 firewall kernel: 6
> Jan 30 17:56:44 firewall kernel: 9
> Jan 30 17:56:44 firewall kernel:
> Jan 30 17:56:44 firewall kernel: .
> Jan 30 17:56:45 firewall kernel: e
> Jan 30 17:56:45 firewall kernel:
> Jan 30 17:56:45 firewall kernel: A
> Jan 30 17:57:01 firewall kernel: e
> Jan 30 17:57:01 firewall kernel: t
> Jan 30 17:57:01 firewall kernel:
> Jan 30 17:57:02 firewall kernel: 0
> Jan 30 17:57:02 firewall kernel: .
> [snip]

Known problem on SMP systems, supposedly fixed in 7.1, but I don't use ipfw.

-- 
Mel

Problem with today's modular software: they start with the modules
    and never get to the software part.