Package: initramfs-tools Version: 0.127 Severity: normal Tags: patch Hi,
When using the initramfs for kdump, the screen might already contain text. Without clearing the screen, the output of the initramfs will overwrite the screen only partially with old text staying on the screen. Thus please add a kernel option 'clear' to clear the screen at the beginning (patch for 0.127 attached). -- Benjamin Drung System Developer Debian & Ubuntu Developer ProfitBricks GmbH Greifswalder Str. 207 D - 10405 Berlin Email: benjamin.dr...@profitbricks.com URL: http://www.profitbricks.com Sitz der Gesellschaft: Berlin. Registergericht: Amtsgericht Charlottenburg, HRB 125506B. Geschäftsführer: Andreas Gauger, Achim Weiss.
>From e1e2a654d33d2fd58f4f5039552102c1d3d8dc93 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Benjamin Drung <benjamin.dr...@profitbricks.com> Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2017 11:39:05 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Add option to clear screen at the beginning When using the initramfs for kdump, the screen might already contain text. Without clearing the screen, the output of the initramfs will overwrite the screen only partially with old text staying on the screen. Thus add a kernel option 'clear' to clear the screen at the beginning. --- init | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/init b/init index 9552e5c..be370c7 100755 --- a/init +++ b/init @@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ mkdir -p /var/lock mount -t sysfs -o nodev,noexec,nosuid sysfs /sys mount -t proc -o nodev,noexec,nosuid proc /proc +if grep -qw clear /proc/cmdline; then + clear +fi + case " $(cat /proc/cmdline) " in *\ quiet\ *) quiet=y -- 2.9.3