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    powerpc: Reword the "returning from prom_init" message · 7e862d7e
    Michael Ellerman authored
    We get way too many bug reports that say "the kernel is hung in
    prom_init", which stems from the fact that the last piece of output
    people see is "returning from prom_init".
    
    The kernel is almost never hung in prom_init(), it's just that it's
    crashed somewhere after prom_init() but prior to the console coming up.
    
    The existing message should give a clue to that, ie. "returning from"
    indicates that prom_init() has finished, but it doesn't seem to work.
    Let's try something different.
    
    This prints:
    
      Quiescing Open Firmware ...
      Booting Linux via __start() ...
    
    Which hopefully makes it clear that prom_init() is not the problem, and
    although __start() probably isn't either, it's at least the right place
    to begin looking.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarMichael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
    Wistfully-Acked-by: default avatarJeremy Kerr <jk@ozlabs.org>
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