Qemu-devel post from address@hidden requires approval

[qemu-devel-owner]

As list administrator, your authorization is requested for the
following mailing list posting:

    List:    address@hidden
    From:    address@hidden
    Subject: Re: 2.6.21 kernel on emulated/real Malta board
    Reason:  Post by non-member to a members-only list

At your convenience, visit:

    http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/admindb/qemu-devel
        
to approve or deny the request.
> --- Begin Message ---
>
>
>
> Subject: 
>
> Re: 2.6.21 kernel on emulated/real Malta board
>
>
>
>
> Date: 
>
> Sun, 17 Jun 2007 10:06:55 +0200 (CEST)
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, 16 Jun 2007, Aurelien Jarno wrote:
> > Since I switch to 2.6.21 kernel on my emulated Malta board (QEMU), I
> > have noticed something strange. The kernel starts to boot up to the
> > timer calibration, and then it restart the boot again. A small example:
> > 
> >   ...
> > 
> >   Primary data cache 0kB, 4-way, linesize 0 bytes.
> >   Synthesized TLB refill handler (36 instructions).
> >   Synthesized TLB load handler fastpath (48 instructions).
> >   Synthesized TLB store handler fastpath (48 instructions).
> >   Synthesized TLB modify handler fastpath (47 instructions).
> >   Enable cache parity protection for MIPS 20KC/25KF CPUs.
> >   PID hash table entries: 512 (order: 9, 4096 bytes)
> >   CPU frequency 100.00 MHz
> >   Using 100.003 MHz high precision timer.
> >   Linux version 2.6.21.1 (address@hidden) (gcc version 4.1.1 ()) #1 Tue May 
> > 15 12:22:07 CEST 2007
> > 
> >   LINUX started...
> >   CPU revision is: 000182a0
> >   FPU revision is: 000f8200
> > 
> >   ...
> > 
> > I have traced the problem down to the CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK option. 
> > Disabling it in the .config file (be aware that running make *config 
> > will reenable this function), removes the problem.
>
> I guess it's just the printk buffer that's being output again to the new
> console, when the console subsystem switches from early console to real
> console.
>
> Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
>
>                                                 Geert
>
> --
> Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- address@hidden
>
> In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
> when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
>                                                             -- Linus Torvalds
>
>
>
> --- End Message ---
> --- Begin Message ---
>
>
>
> Subject: 
>
> confirm a83b2dd8a849b382455d23c51a90865d0070e820
>
>
>
>
> If you reply to this message, keeping the Subject: header intact,
> Mailman will discard the held message.  Do this if the message is
> spam.  If you reply to this message and include an Approved: header
> with the list password in it, the message will be approved for posting
> to the list.  The Approved: header can also appear in the first line
> of the body of the reply.
>
> --- End Message ---