Re: [PATCH] x86-64 next sync for 2.5.9

Linus Torvalds (torvalds@transmeta.com)
Tue, 23 Apr 2002 23:40:31 -0700 (PDT)


On Tue, 23 Apr 2002, Andi Kleen wrote:
>
> - implement early_printk properly as an registered console. this requires
> an addition to init/main.c to disable the early console before the
> real console is initialized. Also add early serial console support while
> I was at it.

That init/main.c hackery needs to go away - this should all be totally
internal to the console layer, and there is no reason why init/main.c
should be involved at all.

Linus

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