[coreboot] Where does printk(DEBUG, "msg") go after booting?

Patrick Georgi patrick at georgi-clan.de
Tue Nov 30 18:26:10 CET 2010


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Am 30.11.2010 18:16, schrieb Fengwei Zhang:
> I understand the printk(DEBUG, "msg") statement will print out msg on
> the serial port when booting. How about after booting? Where does
> printk(DEBUG, "msg") go after booting?
"After booting" the only component that might still be active (and thus
able to run our printk) would be SMM. That code shares the same printing
routines, so it prints on serial, too.


Patrick
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