On Sun, Mar 09, 2003 at 12:36:13PM -0500, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
> 
> Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com> writes:
> > On Sun, Mar 09, 2003 at 11:33:29AM -0500, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
> >  > i386/machdep.c:init386() contains, early on:
> >  > 
> >  >         consinit();     /* XXX SHOULD NOT BE DONE HERE */
> >  > 
> >  > Why is it there? It really should only be done in init_main.c:main()
> > 
> > It's there so you can see console messages before main() is called.
> 
> Well, duh, of course.
> 
> However, the only thing running before main() is init386 itself, which
> only calls printf in certain debugging modes.

Where do the first of these messages come from - they appear on the
console in green, but are missing from dmesg (which starts with the
kernel id).  Would they still appear if it were removed?

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	David

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