[RFC] [PATCH] earlier printk output

[RFC] [PATCH] earlier printk output

[William Lee Irwin III]

This patch creates console devices specifically for use during early
boot, and registers them so that printk() output may be seen prior
to console_init().

The patch is available from:

	ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/wli/early_printk/


Included are i386 config options, early VGA text output, and early i386
serial output.


Cheers,
Bill

Re: [RFC] [PATCH] earlier printk output

[Jeff Garzik]

William Lee Irwin III wrote:
> This patch creates console devices specifically for use during early
> boot, and registers them so that printk() output may be seen prior
> to console_init().

> Included are i386 config options, early VGA text output, and early i386
> serial output.

nice.  these patches work on some non-x86 platforms too...

-- 
Jeff Garzik      | Only so many songs can be sung
Building 1024    | with two lips, two lungs, and one tongue.
MandrakeSoft     |         - nomeansno

Re: [RFC] [PATCH] earlier printk output

[William Lee Irwin III]

William Lee Irwin III wrote:
>> Included are i386 config options, early VGA text output, and early i386
>> serial output.

On Tue, Nov 27, 2001 at 09:12:38PM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> nice.  these patches work on some non-x86 platforms too...

I would be much obliged to hear of success running on other platforms,
and to integrate config options for them as well.

My testing for this specific patch has been limited to i386. I intend
to confer with IA64 maintainers for that platform, as a different
approach is currently in use there.


Thanks,
Bill

Re: [RFC] [PATCH] earlier printk output

[James Simmons]

> > This patch creates console devices specifically for use during early
> > boot, and registers them so that printk() output may be seen prior
> > to console_init().
> 
> > Included are i386 config options, early VGA text output, and early i386
> > serial output.
> 
> nice.  these patches work on some non-x86 platforms too...

Where is this patch? Sine I have rewritten the console/tty layer I'm quite
interested in this.

Re: [RFC] [PATCH] earlier printk output

[Mike Fedyk]

On Wed, Nov 28, 2001 at 09:45:35AM -0800, James Simmons wrote:
> 
> > > This patch creates console devices specifically for use during early
> > > boot, and registers them so that printk() output may be seen prior
> > > to console_init().
> > 
> > > Included are i386 config options, early VGA text output, and early i386
> > > serial output.
> > 
> > nice.  these patches work on some non-x86 platforms too...
> 
> Where is this patch? Sine I have rewritten the console/tty layer I'm quite
> interested in this.
The patch is available from:

        ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/wli/early_printk/
	
As mentioned by the origional message...