Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 01:22:16 -0500
From: Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com>
Subject: Re: [patch] x86: clean up early_printk output
To: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>,
       linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
       Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
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On Sat, 25 Feb 2006 at 05:29:10 +0100, Andi Kleen wrote:

> early_printk is designed to do absolutely minimal work to get the 
> message out. Your patch adds too much potential disturbance 
> imho.

You're kidding... right?

early_printk copies the entire screen up, line-by-line, in order to do
scrolling, then blanks the bottom line using the exact code I used to
clear to EOL.  How can that be OK if my fix isn't?

-- 
Chuck
"Equations are the Devil's sentences."  --Stephen Colbert

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