diff -urpN linux-2.6.23.1/kernel/printk.c linux-2.6.23.1.printk/kernel/printk.c
--- linux-2.6.23.1/kernel/printk.c	2007-10-12 09:43:44.000000000 -0700
+++ linux-2.6.23.1.printk/kernel/printk.c	2007-11-18 19:11:28.000000000 -0800
@@ -84,16 +84,16 @@ static int console_locked, console_suspe
  */
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(logbuf_lock);
 
-#define LOG_BUF_MASK	(log_buf_len-1)
+#define LOG_BUF_MASK (log_buf_len-1)
 #define LOG_BUF(idx) (log_buf[(idx) & LOG_BUF_MASK])
 
 /*
  * The indices into log_buf are not constrained to log_buf_len - they
  * must be masked before subscripting
  */
-static unsigned long log_start;	/* Index into log_buf: next char to be read by syslog() */
-static unsigned long con_start;	/* Index into log_buf: next char to be sent to consoles */
-static unsigned long log_end;	/* Index into log_buf: most-recently-written-char + 1 */
+static unsigned log_start;	/* Index into log_buf: next char to be read by syslog() */
+static unsigned con_start;	/* Index into log_buf: next char to be sent to consoles */
+static unsigned log_end;	/* Index into log_buf: most-recently-written-char + 1 */
 
 /*
  *	Array of consoles built from command line options (console=)
@@ -119,17 +119,17 @@ static int console_may_schedule;
 static char __log_buf[__LOG_BUF_LEN];
 static char *log_buf = __log_buf;
 static int log_buf_len = __LOG_BUF_LEN;
-static unsigned long logged_chars; /* Number of chars produced since last read+clear operation */
+static unsigned logged_chars; /* Number of chars produced since last read+clear operation */
 
 static int __init log_buf_len_setup(char *str)
 {
-	unsigned long size = memparse(str, &str);
+	unsigned size = memparse(str, &str);
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 	if (size)
 		size = roundup_pow_of_two(size);
 	if (size > log_buf_len) {
-		unsigned long start, dest_idx, offset;
+		unsigned start, dest_idx, offset;
 		char *new_log_buf;
 
 		new_log_buf = alloc_bootmem(size);
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ __setup("log_buf_len=", log_buf_len_setu
  */
 int do_syslog(int type, char __user *buf, int len)
 {
-	unsigned long i, j, limit, count;
+	unsigned i, j, limit, count;
 	int do_clear = 0;
 	char c;
 	int error = 0;
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_syslog(int type, cha
 /*
  * Call the console drivers on a range of log_buf
  */
-static void __call_console_drivers(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
+static void __call_console_drivers(unsigned start, unsigned end)
 {
 	struct console *con;
 
@@ -347,8 +347,8 @@ __setup("ignore_loglevel", ignore_loglev
 /*
  * Write out chars from start to end - 1 inclusive
  */
-static void _call_console_drivers(unsigned long start,
-				unsigned long end, int msg_log_level)
+static void _call_console_drivers(unsigned start,
+				unsigned end, int msg_log_level)
 {
 	if ((msg_log_level < console_loglevel || ignore_loglevel) &&
 			console_drivers && start != end) {
@@ -368,12 +368,12 @@ static void _call_console_drivers(unsign
  * log_buf[start] to log_buf[end - 1].
  * The console_sem must be held.
  */
-static void call_console_drivers(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
+static void call_console_drivers(unsigned start, unsigned end)
 {
-	unsigned long cur_index, start_print;
+	unsigned cur_index, start_print;
 	static int msg_level = -1;
 
-	BUG_ON(((long)(start - end)) > 0);
+	BUG_ON(((int)(start - end)) > 0);
 
 	cur_index = start;
 	start_print = start;
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_syslog(int type, cha
 	return -ENOSYS;
 }
 
-static void call_console_drivers(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
+static void call_console_drivers(unsigned start, unsigned end)
 {
 }
 
@@ -830,8 +830,8 @@ void wake_up_klogd(void)
 void release_console_sem(void)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
-	unsigned long _con_start, _log_end;
-	unsigned long wake_klogd = 0;
+	unsigned _con_start, _log_end;
+	unsigned wake_klogd = 0;
 
 	if (console_suspended) {
 		up(&secondary_console_sem);
@@ -1122,7 +1122,7 @@ void tty_write_message(struct tty_struct
 int __printk_ratelimit(int ratelimit_jiffies, int ratelimit_burst)
 {
 	static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(ratelimit_lock);
-	static unsigned long toks = 10 * 5 * HZ;
+	static unsigned toks = 10 * 5 * HZ;
 	static unsigned long last_msg;
 	static int missed;
 	unsigned long flags;