Francois WELLENREITER (on Thu, 23 Mar 2006 17:12:20 +0100) wrote: > I've noticed that KDB early feature didn't work >with 2.6.16 kernel version >on Intel Tiger and Bull NovaScale machines. >After a brief study, I think that Ihave found the origin of the problem >and the following patch may correct it. > >Could you please consider and integrate this latter on KDB main branch ? > >--- linux-2.6.16/drivers/serial/8250_early.c 2006-03-23 17:06:27.000000000 >+0100 >+++ linux-2.6.16-kdb/drivers/serial/8250_early.c 2006-03-23 >17:04:51.000000000 +0100 >@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ > return -ENODEV; > > options = strchr(cmdline, ',') + 1; >- if ((err = early_uart_setup(NULL, options)) < 0) >+ if ((err = early_uart_setup(&early_uart_console, options)) < 0) > return err; > return early_uart_console_init(); > } >
Added to my tree for kdb v4.4-2.6.16-common-2. I cannot test this patch since SGI systems do not have 8250 chips. Does it cause any problems for other ia64 users? --------------------------- Use http://oss.sgi.com/ecartis to modify your settings or to unsubscribe.
