patch-2.4.11-dontuse linux/arch/alpha/kernel/time.c

• Lines: 22
• Date: Thu Oct 4 18:47:08 2001
• Orig file: v2.4.10/linux/arch/alpha/kernel/time.c
• Orig date: Mon Aug 27 12:41:38 2001

diff -u --recursive --new-file v2.4.10/linux/arch/alpha/kernel/time.c linux/arch/alpha/kernel/time.c
@@ -332,6 +332,21 @@
 	alpha_mv.init_rtc();
 
 	do_get_fast_time = do_gettimeofday;
+
+	/*
+	 * If we had wanted SRM console printk echoing early, undo it now.
+	 *
+	 * "srmcons" specified in the boot command arguments allows us to
+	 * see kernel messages during the period of time before the true
+	 * console device is "registered" during console_init(). As of this
+	 * version (2.4.10), time_init() is the last Alpha-specific code
+	 * called before console_init(), so we put this "unregister" code
+	 * here to prevent schizophrenic console behavior later... ;-}
+	 */
+	if (alpha_using_srm && srmcons_output) {
+		unregister_srm_console();
+		srmcons_output = 0;
+	}
 }
 
 /*