diff -urN linux-2.4-mips-20040120/kernel/printk.c linux-2.4-mips-20040120-patched/kernel/printk.c
--- linux-2.4-mips-20040120/kernel/printk.c	Wed Dec 17 22:35:24 2003
+++ linux-2.4-mips-20040120-patched/kernel/printk.c	Tue Feb 10 10:10:36 2004
@@ -383,16 +383,15 @@
 	_call_console_drivers(start_print, end, msg_level);
 }
 
+void Uart16550Put(char byte);
 static void emit_log_char(char c)
 {
-	LOG_BUF(log_end) = c;
-	log_end++;
-	if (log_end - log_start > LOG_BUF_LEN)
-		log_start = log_end - LOG_BUF_LEN;
-	if (log_end - con_start > LOG_BUF_LEN)
-		con_start = log_end - LOG_BUF_LEN;
-	if (logged_chars < LOG_BUF_LEN)
-		logged_chars++;
+	if (c == '\n') { 
+		Uart16550Put('\r'); 
+		Uart16550Put('\n'); 
+	} else { 
+		Uart16550Put(c); 
+	}
 }
 
 /*
@@ -695,4 +694,129 @@
 	if (tty && tty->driver.write)
 		tty->driver.write(tty, 0, msg, strlen(msg));
 	return;
+}
+
+
+/* -------------------------- early-printk hack ---------------------- */
+
+/* base addr of uart and clock timing */
+#define         BASE                    0xa60002f8
+#define         MAX_BAUD                115200
+
+/* distance in bytes between two serial registers */
+#define         REG_OFFSET              1
+
+/*
+ * 0 - we need to do serial init
+ * 1 - skip serial init
+ */
+static int serialPortInitialized = 0;
+
+/*
+ *  * the default baud rate *if* we do serial init
+ *   */
+#define         BAUD_DEFAULT            UART16550_BAUD_38400
+
+/* === 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)
+{
+        if (!serialPortInitialized) {
+                serialPortInitialized = 1;
+                Uart16550Init(BAUD_DEFAULT,
+                              UART16550_DATA_8BIT,
+                              UART16550_PARITY_NONE, UART16550_STOP_1BIT);
+        }
+
+	while((UART16550_READ(OFS_LINE_STATUS) & 0x1) == 0);
+	return UART16550_READ(OFS_RCV_BUFFER);
+}
+
+
+void Uart16550Put(char byte)
+{
+        if (!serialPortInitialized) {
+                serialPortInitialized = 1;
+                Uart16550Init(BAUD_DEFAULT,
+                              UART16550_DATA_8BIT,
+                              UART16550_PARITY_NONE, UART16550_STOP_1BIT);
+        }
+
+	while ((UART16550_READ(OFS_LINE_STATUS) &0x20) == 0);
+	UART16550_WRITE(OFS_SEND_BUFFER, byte);
 }