The kernel automatically inserts newlines between printk calls unless pr_cont is used. This patch changes the uvesafb log message from:
[ 5.263290] uvesafb: [ 5.263292] SeaBIOS Developers, [ 5.263293] SeaBIOS VBE Adapter, [ 5.263294] Rev. 1, [ 5.263294] OEM: SeaBIOS VBE(C) 2011, [ 5.263295] VBE v3.0 to [ 4.711147] uvesafb: SeaBIOS Developers, SeaBIOS VBE Adapter, Rev. 1, OEM: SeaBIOS VBE(C) 2011, VBE v3.0 Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpato...@redhat.com> --- drivers/video/fbdev/uvesafb.c | 14 +++++++------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) Index: linux-2.6/drivers/video/fbdev/uvesafb.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/video/fbdev/uvesafb.c +++ linux-2.6/drivers/video/fbdev/uvesafb.c @@ -452,22 +452,22 @@ static int uvesafb_vbe_getinfo(struct uv * video adapter and its vendor. */ if (par->vbe_ib.oem_vendor_name_ptr) - printk("%s, ", + pr_cont("%s, ", ((char *)task->buf) + par->vbe_ib.oem_vendor_name_ptr); if (par->vbe_ib.oem_product_name_ptr) - printk("%s, ", + pr_cont("%s, ", ((char *)task->buf) + par->vbe_ib.oem_product_name_ptr); if (par->vbe_ib.oem_product_rev_ptr) - printk("%s, ", + pr_cont("%s, ", ((char *)task->buf) + par->vbe_ib.oem_product_rev_ptr); if (par->vbe_ib.oem_string_ptr) - printk("OEM: %s, ", + pr_cont("OEM: %s, ", ((char *)task->buf) + par->vbe_ib.oem_string_ptr); - printk("VBE v%d.%d\n", ((par->vbe_ib.vbe_version & 0xff00) >> 8), + pr_cont("VBE v%d.%d\n", ((par->vbe_ib.vbe_version & 0xff00) >> 8), par->vbe_ib.vbe_version & 0xff); return 0; @@ -580,8 +580,8 @@ static int uvesafb_vbe_getpmi(struct uve printk(KERN_INFO "uvesafb: pmi: ports = "); for (i = par->pmi_base[3]/2; par->pmi_base[i] != 0xffff; i++) - printk("%x ", par->pmi_base[i]); - printk("\n"); + pr_cont("%x ", par->pmi_base[i]); + pr_cont("\n"); if (par->pmi_base[i] != 0xffff) { printk(KERN_INFO "uvesafb: can't handle memory"