From: Pat Gefre 2.6 Altix console patch to ignore input during early booting Signed-off-by: Patrick Gefre Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- 25-akpm/drivers/serial/sn_console.c | 7 +++++-- 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff -puN drivers/serial/sn_console.c~altix-ignore-input-during-early-boot drivers/serial/sn_console.c --- 25/drivers/serial/sn_console.c~altix-ignore-input-during-early-boot Thu Feb 17 17:23:03 2005 +++ 25-akpm/drivers/serial/sn_console.c Thu Feb 17 17:23:03 2005 @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ * driver for that. * * - * Copyright (c) 2004 Silicon Graphics, Inc. All Rights Reserved. + * Copyright (c) 2004-2005 Silicon Graphics, Inc. All Rights Reserved. * * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it * under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public License @@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ struct sn_cons_port { }; static struct sn_cons_port sal_console_port; +static int sn_process_input; /* Only used if USE_DYNAMIC_MINOR is set to 1 */ static struct miscdevice misc; /* used with misc_register for dynamic */ @@ -681,7 +682,8 @@ static void sn_sal_timer_poll(unsigned l if (!port->sc_port.irq) { spin_lock_irqsave(&port->sc_port.lock, flags); - sn_receive_chars(port, NULL, flags); + if (sn_process_input) + sn_receive_chars(port, NULL, flags); sn_transmit_chars(port, TRANSMIT_RAW); spin_unlock_irqrestore(&port->sc_port.lock, flags); mod_timer(&port->sc_timer, @@ -878,6 +880,7 @@ static int __init sn_sal_module_init(voi if (!IS_RUNNING_ON_SIMULATOR()) { sn_sal_switch_to_interrupts(&sal_console_port); } + sn_process_input = 1; return 0; } _