diff -ruN linuxfirmwarekit-orig/dmesg.c linuxfirmwarekit/dmesg.c
--- linuxfirmwarekit-orig/dmesg.c	2007-02-05 21:37:48 +0300
+++ linuxfirmwarekit/dmesg.c	2007-02-22 12:24:54 +0300
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@
 
 GList *boot_dmesg;		/* Holds dmesg info, accessed by non-standalone tests */
 extern char *current_test;
+/* hold number bytes before tests starts */
+int init_buf_sz;
 
 
 /* Obtains dmesg, cleans it up, and adds it to our resource list.
@@ -54,7 +56,9 @@
 	klogctl (6, NULL, 0);
 
 	memset(dmesg, 0, DMESG_SIZE);
-	klogctl (4, dmesg, DMESG_SIZE);
+	/* see manpage (2) for klogctl. 3 - read only, dont cleanup ring buffer */
+	/* 4 - read and cleanup adn next time firmwarekit shows incorrect results */
+	init_buf_sz = klogctl (3, dmesg, DMESG_SIZE);
 
 	/* Add to our resource list that we keep. The user
 	 * will have access to this when they look at the 
@@ -294,16 +298,18 @@
 	assert(dmesg!=NULL);
 
 	memset(dmesg, 0, DMESG_SIZE);
-	klogctl (4, dmesg, DMESG_SIZE);
+	/* see manpage (2) for klogctl. 3 - read only, dont cleanup ring buffer */
+	/* 4 - read and cleanup adn next time firmwarekit shows incorrect results */
+	klogctl (3, dmesg, DMESG_SIZE);
 
 	if (current_test)
 		sprintf(buf, "dmesg://%s", current_test);
 	else
 		strcat(buf, "dmesg://");
 
-	announce_resource(buf, dmesg, "dmesg://");
+	c1 = dmesg + init_buf_sz;
+	announce_resource(buf, c1, "dmesg://");
 
-	c1 = dmesg;
 	while (c1) {
 		c2 = strchr(c1, '\n');
 		if (c2==NULL)