diff -Nru linux-2.4.9/kernel/printk.c.orig linux-2.4.9/kernel/printk.c
--- linux-2.4.9/kernel/printk.c.orig	Tue Sep  4 04:25:25 2001
+++ linux-2.4.9/kernel/printk.c	Tue Sep 25 12:40:07 2001
@@ -251,6 +251,7 @@
 	return do_syslog(type, buf, len);
 }
 
+extern void debug_out(char * msg, int len);
 asmlinkage int printk(const char *fmt, ...)
 {
 	va_list args;
@@ -296,6 +297,11 @@
 				break;
 			}
 		}
+
+		/* jsun */
+                debug_out(msg,  p - msg + line_feed); 
+
+		/*
 		if (msg_level < console_loglevel && console_drivers) {
 			struct console *c = console_drivers;
 			while(c) {
@@ -304,6 +310,7 @@
 				c = c->next;
 			}
 		}
+		*/
 		if (line_feed)
 			msg_level = -1;
 	}
@@ -494,4 +501,134 @@
 	if (tty && tty->driver.write)
 		tty->driver.write(tty, 0, msg, strlen(msg));
 	return;
+}
+
+
+/* -------------------------- early-printk hack ---------------------- */
+
+/* === CONFIG === */
+
+#define         BASE                    0xac000010
+#define         MAX_BAUD                1152000
+#define		REG_OFFSET		1
+
+#define		INIT_SERIAL_PORT	1
+
+#define		DEFAULT_BAUD		UART16550_BAUD_9600
+#define		DEFAULT_PARITY		UART16550_PARITY_NONE
+#define		DEFAULT_DATA		UART16550_DATA_8BIT
+#define		DEFAULT_STOP		UART16550_STOP_1BIT
+
+/* === END OF CONFIG === */
+
+/* we need uint32 uint8 */
+typedef         unsigned char uint8;
+typedef         unsigned int  uint32;
+
+#define         UART16550_BAUD_2400             2400
+#define         UART16550_BAUD_4800             4800
+#define         UART16550_BAUD_9600             9600
+#define         UART16550_BAUD_19200            19200
+#define         UART16550_BAUD_38400            38400
+#define         UART16550_BAUD_57600            57600
+#define         UART16550_BAUD_115200           115200
+
+#define         UART16550_PARITY_NONE           0
+#define         UART16550_PARITY_ODD            0x08
+#define         UART16550_PARITY_EVEN           0x18
+#define         UART16550_PARITY_MARK           0x28
+#define         UART16550_PARITY_SPACE          0x38
+
+#define         UART16550_DATA_5BIT             0x0
+#define         UART16550_DATA_6BIT             0x1
+#define         UART16550_DATA_7BIT             0x2
+#define         UART16550_DATA_8BIT             0x3
+
+#define         UART16550_STOP_1BIT             0x0
+#define         UART16550_STOP_2BIT             0x4
+
+/* register offset */
+#define         OFS_RCV_BUFFER          (0*REG_OFFSET)
+#define         OFS_TRANS_HOLD          (0*REG_OFFSET)
+#define         OFS_SEND_BUFFER         (0*REG_OFFSET)
+#define         OFS_INTR_ENABLE         (1*REG_OFFSET)
+#define         OFS_INTR_ID             (2*REG_OFFSET)
+#define         OFS_DATA_FORMAT         (3*REG_OFFSET)
+#define         OFS_LINE_CONTROL        (3*REG_OFFSET)
+#define         OFS_MODEM_CONTROL       (4*REG_OFFSET)
+#define         OFS_RS232_OUTPUT        (4*REG_OFFSET)
+#define         OFS_LINE_STATUS         (5*REG_OFFSET)
+#define         OFS_MODEM_STATUS        (6*REG_OFFSET)
+#define         OFS_RS232_INPUT         (6*REG_OFFSET)
+#define         OFS_SCRATCH_PAD         (7*REG_OFFSET)
+
+#define         OFS_DIVISOR_LSB         (0*REG_OFFSET)
+#define         OFS_DIVISOR_MSB         (1*REG_OFFSET)
+
+
+/* memory-mapped read/write of the port */
+#define         UART16550_READ(y)    (*((volatile uint8*)(BASE + y)))
+#define         UART16550_WRITE(y, z)  ((*((volatile uint8*)(BASE + y))) = z)
+
+void Uart16550Init(uint32 baud, uint8 data, uint8 parity, uint8 stop)
+{
+	/* disable interrupts */
+        UART16550_WRITE(OFS_LINE_CONTROL, 0x0);
+	UART16550_WRITE(OFS_INTR_ENABLE, 0);
+
+	/* set up buad rate */
+	{ 
+		uint32 divisor;
+       
+		/* set DIAB bit */
+	        UART16550_WRITE(OFS_LINE_CONTROL, 0x80);
+        
+	        /* set divisor */
+	        divisor = MAX_BAUD / baud;
+        	UART16550_WRITE(OFS_DIVISOR_LSB, divisor & 0xff);
+	        UART16550_WRITE(OFS_DIVISOR_MSB, (divisor & 0xff00)>>8);
+
+        	/* clear DIAB bit */
+	        UART16550_WRITE(OFS_LINE_CONTROL, 0x0);
+	}
+
+	/* set data format */
+	UART16550_WRITE(OFS_DATA_FORMAT, data | parity | stop);
+}
+
+uint8 Uart16550GetPoll(void)
+{
+	while((UART16550_READ(OFS_LINE_STATUS) & 0x1) == 0);
+	return UART16550_READ(OFS_RCV_BUFFER);
+}
+
+
+void Uart16550Put(uint8 byte)
+{
+	while ((UART16550_READ(OFS_LINE_STATUS) &0x20) == 0);
+	UART16550_WRITE(OFS_SEND_BUFFER, byte);
+}
+
+/* ---------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+void debug_out(char * msg, int len)
+{
+	int i;
+
+#if (INIT_SERIAL_PORT == 1)
+	static int serial_port_initialized=0;
+	if (!serial_port_initialized) {
+		serial_port_initialized = 1;
+		Uart16550Init(DEFAULT_BAUD, DEFAULT_DATA, DEFAULT_PARITY, DEFAULT_STOP);
+	}
+#endif
+
+ 	for (i=0; i< len; i++) {
+		if (msg[i] == '\n') {
+			Uart16550Put('\r');
+			Uart16550Put('\n');
+		} else {
+			Uart16550Put(msg[i]);
+		}
+	}
 }