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)