Linemode seems to add a newline for each sent message which makes reading rather hard. Hence we add a small buffer that and only print if it's full or a newline is encountered. Signed-off-by: Janosch Frank <frankja@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- lib/s390x/sclp-console.c | 21 +++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/lib/s390x/sclp-console.c b/lib/s390x/sclp-console.c index f0ce6a0..34edae5 100644 --- a/lib/s390x/sclp-console.c +++ b/lib/s390x/sclp-console.c @@ -88,6 +88,9 @@ static uint8_t _ascebc[256] = { }; static bool initialized; +static char lm_buff[120]; +static unsigned char lm_buff_off; + static void sclp_print_ascii(const char *str) { @@ -116,6 +119,18 @@ static void sclp_print_lm(const char *str) struct mdb *mdb; struct mto *mto; struct go *go; + char *nl; + + len = strlen(str); + len = len < (sizeof(lm_buff) - lm_buff_off) ? len : (sizeof(lm_buff) - lm_buff_off); + nl = strchr(str, '\n'); + if ((lm_buff_off < sizeof(lm_buff) - 1)) { + memcpy(&lm_buff[lm_buff_off], str, len); + lm_buff_off += len; + } + /* Buffer not full and no newline */ + if (lm_buff_off != sizeof(lm_buff) - 1 && !nl) + return; sclp_wait_busy(); sclp_busy = true; @@ -123,11 +138,11 @@ static void sclp_print_lm(const char *str) end = (unsigned char *) sccb + 4096 - 1; memset(sccb, 0, sizeof(*sccb)); ptr = (unsigned char *) &sccb->msg.mdb.mto; - len = strlen(str); + len = strlen(lm_buff); offset = 0; do { for (count = sizeof(*mto); offset < len; count++) { - ch = str[offset++]; + ch = lm_buff[offset++]; if ((ch == 0x0a) || (ptr + count > end)) break; ptr[count] = _ascebc[ch]; @@ -154,6 +169,8 @@ static void sclp_print_lm(const char *str) go->type = 1; sclp_service_call(SCLP_CMD_WRITE_EVENT_DATA, sccb); sclp_wait_busy(); + memset(lm_buff, 0 , sizeof(lm_buff)); + lm_buff_off = 0; } /* -- 2.14.3