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Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 13:37:53 -0700
From: Tom Rini <trini@kernel.crashing.org>
To: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>, 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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On Wed, Jun 12, 2002 at 05:27:54PM +0000, Pavel Machek wrote:
> 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.

>From looking at the patch, that looks horribly i386 (and related)
specific.

And FYI PPC has had something similar (CONFIG_BOOTX_TEXT, and in 2.5
CONFIG_SERIAL_TEXT_DEBUG) for a while now.

-- 
Tom Rini (TR1265)
http://gate.crashing.org/~trini/
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