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Subject: Re: Linux 2.6-10.rc3 8xx - Only 3 characters are printed well in __
	init start_kernel() upon kernel booting - why ?
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On Sunday 16 January 2005 20:54, Povolotsky, Alexander wrote:
>[...]
> > to prove it I added printk("ALEX\n"); in __init start_kernel() prior to
> > printk(linux_banner);
> >
> > ...
> > lock_kernel();
> > page_address_init();
> > printk("ALEX\n");
> > printk(linux_banner);
> > setup_arch(&command_line);
> > setup_per_cpu_areas();
> > ...
> >
> > after gunzip
> > done.
> > Now booting the kernel
> > ALE=FF=FF=FF=FF=FF=FF=FF=FF=C0=FF=FF=FF=FF=FF=FF=FF=FF=C08=C0=FF=FF=FF=
=FF=FF=FF=FF=FF=C0X=C0=FF=FF=FF=FF=FF=FF=FF=FF=C0x=C0=FF=FF=FF=FF=FF=FF=FF=
=FF=C0~=C0=FF=FF=FF=FF=FF=FF=FF=FF=C0=B8=C0=FF=FF=FF=FF=FF=FF
> >=FF =FF=C0=D8=C0=FF=FF
> > <more garbage>
> > <hangs>
> >
> > Why would first 3 characters come out right ?
> > Any ideas ?

My fairly uneducated guess: The system hangs before the last character come=
s=20
out of the uart buffer. Try adding a delay just after printk.
The garbage could be anything produced by a piece of hardware gone wild.

Greetings,

=2D-=20
David Jander
Protonic Holland.