On Sun, Mar 09, 2003 at 11:33:29AM -0500, Perry E. Metzger wrote:

 > i386/machdep.c:init386() contains, early on:
 > 
 >         consinit();     /* XXX SHOULD NOT BE DONE HERE */
 > 
 > Why is it there? It really should only be done in init_main.c:main()

It's there so you can see console messages before main() is called.

There is nothing wrong with leaving it there; please don't touch it.

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