On 03/11/2008 10:25 PM, Mohan Kumar M wrote: > On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 06:40:46PM -0700, Geoff Levand wrote: >> When the first stage kernel goes down it releases all hypervisor >> resources so that whatever boots next can successful open those >> resources. The frame buffer is one of those resources that are >> released, and after it is, there will be no more output to the >> display until the second stage image brings up its display. It >> is not a matter of adding print statements or string formatting. >> > > Geoff, > > What about using Hypervisor call H_PUT_TERM_CHAR? > > I used this call to debug the first kernel kexec shutdown sequence. That is for the IBM pSeries. I can't see how it would work on the ps3. ps3 hvcalls are in lv1calls.h. Just out of curiosity, how exactly did you 'use' it? -Geoff
