Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Subject | [PATCH] ppc32: Fix booting on some OldWolrd Macs | From | Benjamin Herrenschmidt <> | Date | Thu, 19 Aug 2004 07:37:26 +1000 |
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Hi !
It seems that on some OldWolrd macs, we don't get the OF stdout device, thus the new set_preferred_console() dies at boot trying to dereference a NULL pointer. Here's a fix:
===== arch/ppc/kernel/setup.c 1.59 vs edited ===== --- 1.59/arch/ppc/kernel/setup.c 2004-07-27 08:27:53 +10:00 +++ edited/arch/ppc/kernel/setup.c 2004-08-18 21:38:17 +10:00 @@ -484,6 +484,9 @@ char *name; int offset; + if (of_stdout_device == NULL) + return -ENODEV; + /* The user has requested a console so this is already set up. */ if (strstr(saved_command_line, "console=")) return -EBUSY;
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