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Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 15:22:18 +0200
From: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>
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To: Russell King <rmk+lkml@arm.linux.org.uk>
CC: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
       "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@linux-mips.org>,
       Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@suse.de>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
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       dilinger@queued.net, lethal@linux-sh.org, rgetz@blackfin.uclinux.org,
       vapier.adi@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kernel/printk.c: Concerns about the console handover
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Russell King wrote:
> I had an issue with the console initialisation on serial ports, which I
> discovered during my PXA work.  My reason for asking about the kernel
> versions (which Andrew forwarded to LKML) is to determine whether the
> report is as a result of those changes, or lack of those changes.
> 
> Those -mm versions with git-arm in probably have that change.  Ergo
> the importance to answer this question about kernel versions.

The problem description sounds like it could have been introduced by
that patch:
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=69331af79cf29e26d1231152a172a1a10c2df511

cheers,
  Gerd
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