In kernel-2.6.5 I added comment lines in the form:
** COMMENT: [comment]
Here you will find two excerpts from the kernel log. The first, kernel.onetouch.gz includes the boot messages and the USB debugging messages during a test of an external hard disk, a Maxtor 300GB OneTouch drive. The seconds, kernel.stick.gz consists only of the debugging messages for the test of a USB stick, a Sandisk "Cruzer mini".
The above logs are annotated. Annotations start with "** COMMENT: "
The output of lsmod during the tests.
A stack trace taken after issuing a "dd if=/dev/zero of=/drive/testfile bs=64k count=10000" and noting that /drive/testfile had stopped growing.