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From: "Martin J. Bligh" <mbligh@aracnet.com>
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Subject: Re: [i386] Remove bogus panic calls in mpparse.c
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>> 2. The user won't see it since the console hasn't initialised yet.
> 
> It just means we should really support early_console on i386 too.
> 
> I believe Martin Bligh has a patch in his -mjb patchkit. I still believe
> it would be very useful in mainline.

Merging has been refused on the grounds of ugliness. However, it does
have the distinct advantage of (a) working and (b) doing something useful.

M.