--- 2.3.29pre3/kernel/printk.c Tue Sep 14 14:35:58 1999 +++ /tmp/printk.c Wed Nov 24 03:02:29 1999 @@ -260,6 +260,8 @@ static signed char msg_level = -1; long flags; + SRM_printf(fmt); + return; spin_lock_irqsave(&console_lock, flags); va_start(args, fmt); i = vsprintf(buf + 3, fmt, args); /* hopefully i < sizeof(buf)-4 */