[OpenBIOS] [PATCH] Fixes printk so it prints very large strings

[Mark Cave-Ayland]

On 28/04/15 03:30, Programmingkid wrote:

> Fixes printk function so it can print very large strings. This patch does allow me to see the full
> bootscript in the serial console. 
> 
> Signed-off-by: John Arbuckle <programmingkidx at gmail.com>
> 
> Index: arch/ppc/qemu/qemu.c
> ===================================================================
> --- arch/ppc/qemu/qemu.c	(revision 1335)
> +++ arch/ppc/qemu/qemu.c	(working copy)
> @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
>  int
>  printk( const char *fmt, ... )
>  {
> -        char *p, buf[1024];
> +        char *p, buf[10024];
>  	va_list args;
>  	int i;

Hmmm while this is useful as a debugging aid, I'd be a bit wary of
putting this into a mainstream OpenBIOS binary due to the lack of
available memory to OpenBIOS. Unless anyone can come up with a better
argument, I think it may just be a case of document this and move on.


ATB,

Mark.