Hi once reading arc_con, found this. Index: arch/mips/arc/arc_con.c =================================================================== RCS file: /home/cvs/linux/arch/mips/arc/arc_con.c,v retrieving revision 1.1.4.5 diff -u -r1.1.4.5 arc_con.c --- arch/mips/arc/arc_con.c 7 Nov 2002 01:47:45 -0000 1.1.4.5 +++ arch/mips/arc/arc_con.c 19 Dec 2002 10:17:47 -0000 @@ -32,10 +32,7 @@ static int __init prom_console_setup(struct console *co, char *options) { - if (prom_flags & PROM_FLAG_USE_AS_CONSOLE) - return 0; - else - return 1; + return !(prom_flags & PROM_FLAG_USE_AS_CONSOLE); } static struct console arc_cons = { -- In theory, practice and theory are the same, but in practice they are different -- Larry McVoy