7.2-RELEASE/amd64 - weird stuff in dmesg

[Bruce Cran]

On Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:03:44 +1000
Alex R <alex at mailinglist.ahhyes.net> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
> 
> I was wondering whether anyone could shed some light on the following 
> messages I am seeing in dmesg:
> 
> --------------------
> 
> <<33>>aarrpp::  uunnkknnoowwnn  hhaarrddwwaarree  aaddddress format
> (0x0000) ress format (0x0000)
> arp: unakrnpo:w nu nhkanrodwwna rhea raddwdarrees sa dfdorremsast  
> f(o0rxm0a0t0 0()0
> x
> 0000)
> a<rp:3 u>anrkpn:o wunn khnaorwdnw ahraer dawdadrree sasd dfroersmsa
> tf o(r0mxat0 0(00x000)0
> 0
> )
> arp: unknown hardware address format (0xarp:0 7u0n0k)n
> o
> wn hardware address format (0x0700)
> aarrpp::  uunnkknnoowwnn  hhaarrddwwaarree  aaddddrreessss  
> ffoorrmmaatt  ((00xx00770000))
> 
> --------------------------
> 
> Any ideas whats with the jumbled/double letters? Is there something 
> wrong with the machine or is it a bug in the OS? I have seen similar 
> symptoms on SMP enabled boxes when shutting down if 2 processes call 
> kprintf() or printf() at the same time, it results in garbled output.


> Should i turn a blind eye to this?

Yes :)
It's a known issue that the kernel printf isn't locked so messages get
mixed up like that.    In 8.0 the PRINTF_BUFR_SIZE option has been
added which should fix it.

-- 
Bruce