From: Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 10:59:42 +0000 (-0800)
Subject: [PATCH] x86: start early_printk at sensible screen row
X-Git-Tag: v2.6.17-rc1~1096
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[PATCH] x86: start early_printk at sensible screen row

Use boot info to start early_printk() at the current row on VGA console, as
left by the boot loader.

Signed-off-by: Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com>
Cc: Stas Sergeev <stsp@aknet.ru>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
---

diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/early_printk.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/early_printk.c
index 6fcdcb80b0..484025f4f0 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/early_printk.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/early_printk.c
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ int __init setup_early_printk(char *opt)
 	           && SCREEN_INFO.orig_video_isVGA == 1) {
 		max_xpos = SCREEN_INFO.orig_video_cols;
 		max_ypos = SCREEN_INFO.orig_video_lines;
-		current_ypos = max_ypos;
+		current_ypos = SCREEN_INFO.orig_y;
 		early_console = &early_vga_console; 
  	} else if (!strncmp(buf, "simnow", 6)) {
  		simnow_init(buf + 6);