From e7943fbbfdb6eef03c003b374de1f802cc14f02a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Ellerman Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2009 19:02:01 +0000 Subject: powerpc: Print linux_banner in prom_init So at least you can see what kernel you're booting if you die before the kernel prints it mid-way through start_kernel(). Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt --- arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) (limited to 'arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c') diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c index 7f1b33d5e30..4d5ebb46b2c 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c @@ -2283,6 +2283,8 @@ unsigned long __init prom_init(unsigned long r3, unsigned long r4, */ prom_init_stdout(); + prom_printf("Preparing to boot %s", PTRRELOC((char *)linux_banner)); + /* * Get default machine type. At this point, we do not differentiate * between pSeries SMP and pSeries LPAR -- cgit v1.2.3