[PATCH] be less annoying on boot

Bill Nottingham notting at redhat.com
Fri Aug 1 19:51:05 UTC 2008


As long as we're printing mostly useless messages on every boot regardless
of debug level, make them 5% more amusing.

Signed-off-by: Bill Nottingham <notting at redhat.com>
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--- linux-2.6.26.noarch/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c.foo	2008-08-01 15:44:28.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6.26.noarch/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c	2008-08-01 15:46:53.000000000 -0400
@@ -109,11 +109,11 @@
 
 	early_printk("Kernel alive\n");
 
 	x86_64_init_pda();
 
-	early_printk("Kernel really alive\n");
+	early_printk("Kernel really alive! It's alive! IT'S ALIIIIIIIIIVE!\n");
 
 	x86_64_start_reservations(real_mode_data);
 }
 
 void __init x86_64_start_reservations(char *real_mode_data)


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