Did you try turning on CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK=y? That will allow printk to a serial console much earlier.
You need to build the serial driver in too: CONFIG_SERIAL_8250=y CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_CONSOLE=y -- Jon Smirl [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
