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

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Date:	Wed, 2 Aug 2006 07:44:40 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
To:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Horms <horms@...ge.net.au>,
	Jan Kratochvil <lace@...kratochvil.net>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Magnus Damm <magnus.damm@...il.com>,
	Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...ibm.com>, Linda Wang <lwang@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 9/33] i386 boot: Add serial output support to the decompressor

 
> 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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