linux-kernel - [patch] x86_64: fix earlyprintk=...,keep regression

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Date:	Tue, 28 Nov 2006 09:14:05 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>,
	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
Subject: [patch] x86_64: fix earlyprintk=...,keep regression

Subject: [patch] x86_64: fix earlyprintk=...,keep regression
From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>

the following cleanup patch:

 commit 2c8c0e6b8d7700a990da8d24eff767f9ca223b96
 Author: Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
 Date:   Tue Sep 26 10:52:32 2006 +0200

     [PATCH] Convert x86-64 to early param

     Instead of hackish manual parsing

broke the earlyprintk=...,keep feature. This patch restores that 
functionality. Tested on x86_64. Must-have for v2.6.19, no risk.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
---
 arch/x86_64/kernel/early_printk.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Index: linux/arch/x86_64/kernel/early_printk.c
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/arch/x86_64/kernel/early_printk.c
+++ linux/arch/x86_64/kernel/early_printk.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ static int __init setup_early_printk(cha
 		return 0;
 	early_console_initialized = 1;
 
-	if (!strcmp(buf,"keep"))
+	if (strstr(buf, "keep"))
 		keep_early = 1;
 
 	if (!strncmp(buf, "serial", 6)) {
-
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