[RFC/PATCH] Print linux_banner in prom_init
From: Michael Ellerman <hidden>
Date: 2009-03-05 05:02:01
Subsystem:
linux for powerpc (32-bit and 64-bit), the rest · Maintainers:
Madhavan Srinivasan, Linus Torvalds
So at least you can see what kernel you're booting if you die before the kernel prints it mid-way through start_kernel(). Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <redacted> --- arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c | 2 ++ arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init_check.sh | 2 +- 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c
index 7f1b33d..4d5ebb4 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c@@ -2283,6 +2283,8 @@ unsigned long __init prom_init(unsigned long r3, unsigned long r4, */ prom_init_stdout(); + prom_printf("Preparing to boot %s", PTRRELOC((char *)linux_banner)); + /* * Get default machine type. At this point, we do not differentiate * between pSeries SMP and pSeries LPAR
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init_check.sh b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init_check.sh
index ea3a2ec..1ac136b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init_check.sh
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init_check.sh@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ WHITELIST="add_reloc_offset __bss_start __bss_stop copy_and_flush _end enter_prom memcpy memset reloc_offset __secondary_hold __secondary_hold_acknowledge __secondary_hold_spinloop __start strcmp strcpy strlcpy strlen strncmp strstr logo_linux_clut224 -reloc_got2 kernstart_addr memstart_addr" +reloc_got2 kernstart_addr memstart_addr linux_banner" NM="$1" OBJ="$2"
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