From: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
To: Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com>
Cc: ak@suse.de, stsp@aknet.ru, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [-mm patch] x86: start early_printk at sensible screen row
Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 00:15:33 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060225001533.3b06bbe0.akpm@osdl.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200602250243_MC3-1-B93E-1384@compuserve.com>
Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com> wrote:
>
> Use boot info to start early_printk() at the proper row on VGA console.
>
Define "proper".
>
> --- 2.6.16-rc4-mm2-64.orig/arch/x86_64/kernel/early_printk.c
> +++ 2.6.16-rc4-mm2-64/arch/x86_64/kernel/early_printk.c
> @@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ int __init setup_early_printk(char *opt)
> && SCREEN_INFO.orig_video_isVGA == 1) {
> max_xpos = SCREEN_INFO.orig_video_cols;
> max_ypos = SCREEN_INFO.orig_video_lines;
> - current_ypos = max_ypos;
> + current_ypos = SCREEN_INFO.orig_y;
> early_console = &early_vga_console;
> } else if (!strncmp(buf, "simnow", 6)) {
> simnow_init(buf + 6);
Is that the place at which the boot loader left the cursor?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-02-25 8:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-02-25 7:41 Chuck Ebbert
2006-02-25 8:15 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2006-02-25 11:03 Chuck Ebbert
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