Re: 2.1.71 halts on calc delay loop
Miquel van Smoorenburg (miquels@cistron.nl)
6 Dec 1997 23:18:35 +0100
In article <19971206044724Z971200-2954+4628@vger.rutgers.edu>,
David Burrows <snadge@gemcorp.com.au> wrote:
>Err, actually.. I think the problem is I said yes to the serial console
>option in make config.. and it looks like it is locking up in the console
>driver as that is the last message printed on the screen.. So the subject
>should probably be "Serial console broken in 2.1.71?" :)
Ehm, yes. Minor oversight. What happens is that the buffered printk
output is being printed to serial port -1, timing out on each character..
I'm fixing it right now and I'll post a patch tonight or tomorrow.
Mike.
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