Re: [PATCH] Work around console initialization ordering problem

[Andrew Morton]

Andi Kleen <[e-mail]> wrote:
>
> 
> Works around the console ordering problem in 2.5.64-bk3. Following 
> the similar fix I did for x86-64.
> ...
> +	if (!strstr(saved_command_line, "console="))
> +	     strcat(saved_command_line, " console=tty0");
> +

We can do it by shuffling the link order:

diff -puN drivers/Makefile~console-ordering-fix drivers/Makefile
--- 25/drivers/Makefile~console-ordering-fix	2003-03-09 02:48:33.000000000 -0800
+++ 25-akpm/drivers/Makefile	2003-03-09 02:48:33.000000000 -0800
@@ -11,9 +11,10 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI)		+= acpi/
 # PnP must come after ACPI since it will eventually need to check if acpi
 # was used and do nothing if so
 obj-$(CONFIG_PNP)		+= pnp/
+obj-y				+= char/
 obj-y				+= serial/
 obj-$(CONFIG_PARPORT)		+= parport/
-obj-y				+= base/ char/ block/ misc/ net/ media/
+obj-y				+= base/ block/ misc/ net/ media/
 obj-$(CONFIG_NUBUS)		+= nubus/
 obj-$(CONFIG_ATM)		+= atm/
 obj-$(CONFIG_IDE)		+= ide/

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