Re: [PATCH 9/33] i386 boot: Add serial output support to the decompressor

[Andi Kleen]

> The function pointers in the console structure are also a problem.
> static struct console simnow_console = {
> 	.name =		"simnow",
> 	.write =	simnow_write,
> 	.flags =	CON_PRINTBUFFER,
> 	.index =	-1,
> };

Yes just patch them at runtime.


> Ideally the code would be setup so you can compile out consoles
> the user finds uninteresting.

Seems overkill for early_printk
 
> It is annoying to have to call strlen on all of the strings
> you want to print..

What strlen? 

-Andi
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