From: Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com>
To: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Cc: linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Subject: Re: [patch] x86_64: don't use early_printk() during memory init
Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 01:22:17 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200602250124_MC3-1-B940-4AEE@compuserve.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200602250526.06389.ak@suse.de>
On Sat, 25 Feb 2006 at 05:26:05 +0100, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > printk is working by the time this memory init message prints.
> > As it stands, output jumps to the top of the screen and prints
> > this message, then back to normal boot messages, overwriting
> > a line at the top.
>
> Using of early_printk here was intentional because it needs
> much less infrastructure than printk and is pretty good proof
> that the kernel at least started.
Well it made me think something had gone horribly wrong and was
scribbling over video memory. Especially since it left debris
at the end of the line... and you don't want to fix that either.
--
Chuck
"Equations are the Devil's sentences." --Stephen Colbert
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