Re: [PATCH] x86-64 next sync for 2.5.9

[Linus Torvalds]

On Tue, 23 Apr 2002, Andi Kleen wrote:
>
> - implement early_printk properly as an registered console. this requires
> an addition to init/main.c to disable the early console before the
> real console is initialized. Also add early serial console support while
> I was at it.

That init/main.c hackery needs to go away - this should all be totally
internal to the console layer, and there is no reason why init/main.c
should be involved at all.

		Linus