Hi On further review, console_init is called at an inapropriate time, prior to probing the prom for zilog serial ports On the other hand, SUNZILOG_CONSOLE is called out while probing / performing initialization of the serial ports. Your solution appears correct. Thanx Ray - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe sparclinux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html