What is the origin of the letter d in dmesg?
dmesg (display message or driver message)
No reference are given for this assertion - it could just as well be "debug message".
What is the etymology of dmesg?
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No reference are given for this assertion - it could just as well be "debug message".
Not all the messages are for debugging. Some are purely informational. From the dmesg manual page (emphasis added):
The default action is to display all messages from the kernel ring buffer.
Update: Alternatively, d is from "diagnostic". See: Why is dmesg called dmesg?.
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