how to generate kernel message for testing

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Hello,

I've replaced syslogd with syslog-ng.  I have the following config for kernel
messages:

> source kernel {
>         file("/dev/klog" program_override("kernel: "));
> };
>
> destination kern { file("/var/log/kern"); };
>
> log { source(kernel); destination(kern); };

Perhaps someone can comment on the validity of this config?

I haven't seen anything in /var/log/kern since it's been running (days).

Is there some way to generate a test kernel message ala logger(1)?  If not, how
about a harmless way to get the kernel to report an error?

thanks,

Rob