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Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 17:27:54 +0000
From: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Keith Owens <kaos@ocs.com.au>, Cengiz Akinli <cengiz@drtalus.aoe.vt.edu>,
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Subject: Re: [patch] early printk. (was: Re: computer reboots before "Uncompressing Linux..." with 2.5.19-xfs)
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Hi!

> > >>Then, after a small pause, the box reboots (note: it does _not_ print
> > >>"Uncompressing Linux...").  I have tried the following:
> > >
> > >Interesting problem.....  Interesting because I'm having the EXACT
> > >SAME PROBLEM!!!!  ARRRRRGGGGHHH!!!!
> > 
> > Try http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=101072840225142&w=2
> 
> you might as well try the attached early_printk() patch, it's slightly
> easier to use than a one-char macro. But the goal is the same.

Could this be arch-independend? x86-64 has it, too, and AFAIR it was taken
from ia64.. Plus, it is *very* usefull.
									Pavel

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