> I am currently trying to trace the console on and R4400 Indy. It seems > that everything goes through console.c using either con_write or > con_put_char. It would be great if I could communicate with someone that > has a thorough understanding of this code and its interaction with > newport_con.c. Okay. I could explain this code if you want. > I have put some prtink statements in and it seems that > newport_putcs is called several more times than it should. Don't do that. Printk calls newport_putcs so if you have printk in newport_putcs it will going into a endless loop. You could redirect the console to a different tty device, say a serial console.