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From: Jeremy Kerr <jk@ozlabs.org>
To: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>, linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org
Cc: pc@us.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc: Reword the "returning from prom_init" message
Date: Wed, 01 Apr 2015 14:56:56 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <551B96B8.3050708@ozlabs.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1427697489-30249-1-git-send-email-mpe@ellerman.id.au>

Hi Michael,

> Let's try something different.
> 
> This prints:
> 
>   Quiescing Open Firmware ...
>   Booting Linux via __start() ...

"returning from prom_init" has been an emblem of the powerpc kernel boot
since old times. I feel like we should give the old message a Viking
funeral and pick a date for a minute of silence.

(Wistfully-)Acked-by: Jeremy Kerr <jk@ozlabs.org>

Cheers,


Jeremy

  reply	other threads:[~2015-04-01  6:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-03-30  6:38 [PATCH] powerpc: Reword the "returning from prom_init" message Michael Ellerman
2015-04-01  6:56 ` Jeremy Kerr [this message]
2015-04-01  9:32   ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2015-01-12  9:48 Michael Ellerman
2015-01-12 17:27 ` Paul Clarke
2015-01-13  0:58   ` Michael Ellerman

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