> --- linus-2.6.orig/drivers/char/tty_io.c > +++ linus-2.6/drivers/char/tty_io.c > @@ -132,6 +132,8 @@ LIST_HEAD(tty_drivers); /* linked list > vt.c for deeply disgusting hack reasons */ > DEFINE_MUTEX(tty_mutex); > > +int console_use_vt = 1; > + Can you explain why this variable is needed? It shouldn't. If you only register your console as the primary console nothing else should be printed. > +/*** Useful function for console debugging -- goes straight to Xen. ***/ > +asmlinkage int xprintk(const char *fmt, ...) This is called early_printk in the rest of i386. Please use that name too. -Andi