Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <haveblue@us.ibm.com>
---

 memhotplug-dave/drivers/serial/8250.c |    4 ++--
 memhotplug-dave/init/main.c           |    4 ++++
 memhotplug-dave/kernel/printk.c       |    4 ++--
 3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff -puN drivers/serial/8250.c~early-printk drivers/serial/8250.c
--- memhotplug/drivers/serial/8250.c~early-printk	2005-07-14 14:41:28.000000000 -0700
+++ memhotplug-dave/drivers/serial/8250.c	2005-07-14 14:41:28.000000000 -0700
@@ -2206,13 +2206,13 @@ static struct console serial8250_console
 	.data		= &serial8250_reg,
 };
 
-static int __init serial8250_console_init(void)
+int __init serial8250_console_init(void)
 {
 	serial8250_isa_init_ports();
 	register_console(&serial8250_console);
 	return 0;
 }
-console_initcall(serial8250_console_init);
+//console_initcall(serial8250_console_init);
 
 static int __init find_port(struct uart_port *p)
 {
diff -puN init/main.c~early-printk init/main.c
--- memhotplug/init/main.c~early-printk	2005-07-14 14:41:28.000000000 -0700
+++ memhotplug-dave/init/main.c	2005-07-14 14:41:28.000000000 -0700
@@ -436,6 +436,10 @@ asmlinkage void __init start_kernel(void
  * Interrupts are still disabled. Do necessary setups, then
  * enable them
  */
+	console_setup("ttyS0,57600");
+	serial8250_console_init();
+	printk("early printk enabled\n");
+
 	lock_kernel();
 	page_address_init();
 	printk(KERN_NOTICE);
diff -puN kernel/printk.c~early-printk kernel/printk.c
--- memhotplug/kernel/printk.c~early-printk	2005-07-14 14:41:28.000000000 -0700
+++ memhotplug-dave/kernel/printk.c	2005-07-14 14:41:28.000000000 -0700
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ static unsigned long logged_chars; /* Nu
 /*
  *	Setup a list of consoles. Called from init/main.c
  */
-static int __init console_setup(char *str)
+int __init console_setup(char *str)
 {
 	char name[sizeof(console_cmdline[0].name)];
 	char *s, *options;
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ asmlinkage int vprintk(const char *fmt, 
 			log_level_unknown = 1;
 	}
 
-	if (!cpu_online(smp_processor_id())) {
+	if (0 && !cpu_online(smp_processor_id())) {
 		/*
 		 * Some console drivers may assume that per-cpu resources have
 		 * been allocated.  So don't allow them to be called by this
_