[2.1.32] Newbie killer patch

Aaron Tiensivu (tiensivu@pilot.msu.edu)
Sun, 6 Apr 1997 01:03:42 -0500


This gives the clue phone to people that didn't compile in VT support and
console support.. ;-) That question/'bug report' seems to be happening a lot
lately.

People that really do not want VT support and console support won't see this
warning anyway, in general.

--- linux/arch/alpha/boot/main.c.virgin Sun Apr 6 00:51:12 1997
+++ linux/arch/alpha/boot/main.c Sun Apr 6 00:59:36 1997
@@ -237,6 +237,10 @@
strcpy((char*)ZERO_PAGE, envval);

printk(" Ok\nNow booting the kernel\n");
+
+#if !defined(CONFIG_VT) && !defined(CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE)
+ printk("NOTE: Virtual terminal and console support not built into kerne
l.\n");
+#endif
runkernel();
for (i = 0 ; i < 0x100000000 ; i++)
/* nothing */;
--- linux/arch/ppc/boot/misc.c.virgin Sun Apr 6 00:54:46 1997
+++ linux/arch/ppc/boot/misc.c Sun Apr 6 00:59:21 1997
@@ -358,6 +358,11 @@

puts("done.\n");
puts("Now booting the kernel\n");
+
+#if !defined(CONFIG_VT) && !defined(CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE)
+ puts("NOTE: Virtual terminal and console support not built into kernel\
n");
+#endif
+
/*return (TotalMemory);*/ /* Later this can be a pointer to save
d residual data */
return &hold_residual;
}
--- linux/arch/i386/boot/compressed/misc.c.virgin Sun Apr 6 00:38:08 1997
+++ linux/arch/i386/boot/compressed/misc.c Sun Apr 6 00:50:47 1997
@@ -385,6 +385,11 @@
puts("Uncompressing Linux...");
gunzip();
puts("done.\nNow booting the kernel\n");
+
+#if !defined(CONFIG_VT) && !defined(CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE)
+ puts("NOTE: Virtual terminal and console support not built into kernel.\n");
+#endif
+
if (high_loaded) close_output_buffer_if_we_run_high(mv);
return high_loaded;
}