>From Jay Estabrook:
Alpha has this nice way to output console messages via SRM callbacks
which we can enable immediately on bootup, and so get debugging output
before console_init. This patch delays when we turn that off, and so
narrows the window in which we can't get debug output.
r~
diff -rup 2.4.10-dist/arch/alpha/kernel/irq_alpha.c 2.4.10/arch/alpha/kernel/irq_alpha.c
--- 2.4.10-dist/arch/alpha/kernel/irq_alpha.c Mon Sep 17 13:16:30 2001
+++ 2.4.10/arch/alpha/kernel/irq_alpha.c Thu Oct 4 16:05:16 2001
@@ -108,11 +108,6 @@ init_IRQ(void)
wrent(entInt, 0);
alpha_mv.init_irq();
-
- /* If we had wanted SRM console printk echoing early, undo it now. */
- if (alpha_using_srm && srmcons_output) {
- unregister_srm_console();
- }
}
/*
diff -rup 2.4.10-dist/arch/alpha/kernel/setup.c 2.4.10/arch/alpha/kernel/setup.c
--- 2.4.10-dist/arch/alpha/kernel/setup.c Sun Aug 12 10:38:47 2001
+++ 2.4.10/arch/alpha/kernel/setup.c Thu Oct 4 16:05:16 2001
@@ -63,12 +63,20 @@ unsigned long srm_hae;
/* Which processor we booted from. */
int boot_cpuid;
-/* Using SRM callbacks for initial console output. This works from
- setup_arch() time through the end of init_IRQ(), as those places
- are under our control.
-
- By default, OFF; set it with a bootcommand arg of "srmcons".
-*/
+/*
+ * Using SRM callbacks for initial console output. This works from
+ * setup_arch() time through the end of time_init(), as those places
+ * are under our (Alpha) control.
+
+ * "srmcons" specified in the boot command arguments allows us to
+ * see kernel messages during the period of time before the true
+ * console device is "registered" during console_init(). As of this
+ * version (2.4.10), time_init() is the last Alpha-specific code
+ * called before console_init(), so we put "unregister" code
+ * there to prevent schizophrenic console behavior later... ;-}
+ *
+ * By default, OFF; set it with a bootcommand arg of "srmcons".
+ */
int srmcons_output = 0;
/* Enforce a memory size limit; useful for testing. By default, none. */
diff -rup 2.4.10-dist/arch/alpha/kernel/time.c 2.4.10/arch/alpha/kernel/time.c
--- 2.4.10-dist/arch/alpha/kernel/time.c Sun Aug 12 10:38:48 2001
+++ 2.4.10/arch/alpha/kernel/time.c Thu Oct 4 16:05:16 2001
@@ -332,6 +333,21 @@ time_init(void)
alpha_mv.init_rtc();
do_get_fast_time = do_gettimeofday;
+
+ /*
+ * If we had wanted SRM console printk echoing early, undo it now.
+ *
+ * "srmcons" specified in the boot command arguments allows us to
+ * see kernel messages during the period of time before the true
+ * console device is "registered" during console_init(). As of this
+ * version (2.4.10), time_init() is the last Alpha-specific code
+ * called before console_init(), so we put this "unregister" code
+ * here to prevent schizophrenic console behavior later... ;-}
+ */
+ if (alpha_using_srm && srmcons_output) {
+ unregister_srm_console();
+ srmcons_output = 0;
+ }
}
/*
-
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