On Tue, Mar 27, 2007 at 06:06:10PM +0200, Franck Bui-Huu wrote: > > In this case I gather this was a bulk change and some platforms have > >benefited and the DECstation has lost. You seem to have problems as well. > >These issues can be dealt with somehow and they do not mean the change was > >bad as a whole. > > I think that's the reason why I started this thread: To see if this > change is good and really woth... > > Making a new file 'early_printk' to gather 3 tiny functions. In the > other way we lose the possibilty to register the console earlier, and > we need to make some hacks to configure the console if it needs to be. > > I understand that such change is needed by x86 arch but for mips I'm > skeptical. I decieded to rush the whole early printk thing since we had several copies of early printk in the MIPS code already. Add plenty of variations of prom_putchar / prom_printf. We certainly now have less loose ends in the code than before. And since we're always in the trade of better mouse trap I certainly won't object if submits has one :-) Ralf
