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Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:58:08 -0700
From: Mike Travis <travis@sgi.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] x86: Add config option to setup early serial console
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Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:38:03 -0700
> Mike Travis <travis@sgi.com> wrote:
> 
>>  * Add config option EARLY_SERIAL_CONSOLE to enable early
>>    printk's to be directed to the serial console.
...
>>
> 
> Confused.  What's wrong with console=uart,...?
> 

The problem is that I need the output really, really early before
the console is initialized.