2 files changed, 26 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/machvec.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/machvec.c
index 13df337508e7..7ccb228ceedc 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/machvec.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/machvec.c
@@ -13,14 +13,6 @@
 struct ia64_machine_vector ia64_mv;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ia64_mv);
 
-static __initdata const char *mvec_name;
-static __init int setup_mvec(char *s)
-{
-        mvec_name = s;
-        return 0;
-}
-early_param("machvec", setup_mvec);
-
 static struct ia64_machine_vector * __init
 lookup_machvec (const char *name)
 {
@@ -41,7 +33,7 @@ machvec_init (const char *name)
         struct ia64_machine_vector *mv;
 
         if (!name)
-                name = mvec_name ? mvec_name : acpi_get_sysname();
+                name = acpi_get_sysname();
         mv = lookup_machvec(name);
         if (!mv)
                 panic("generic kernel failed to find machine vector for"
@@ -51,6 +43,23 @@ machvec_init (const char *name)
         printk(KERN_INFO "booting generic kernel on platform %s\n", name);
 }
 
+void __init
+machvec_init_from_cmdline(const char *cmdline)
+{
+        char str[64];
+        const char *start;
+        char *end;
+
+        if (! (start = strstr(cmdline, "machvec=")) )
+                return machvec_init(NULL);
+
+        strlcpy(str, start + strlen("machvec="), sizeof(str));
+        if ( (end = strchr(str, ' ')) )
+                *end = '\0';
+
+        return machvec_init(str);
+}
+
 #endif /* CONFIG_IA64_GENERIC */
 
 void
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c
index cf06fe799041..7cecd2964200 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c
@@ -491,12 +491,17 @@ setup_arch (char **cmdline_p)
         efi_init();
         io_port_init();
 
-        parse_early_param();
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_IA64_GENERIC
-        machvec_init(NULL);
+        /* machvec needs to be parsed from the command line
+         * before parse_early_param() is called to ensure
+         * that ia64_mv is initialised before any command line
+         * settings may cause console setup to occur
+         */
+        machvec_init_from_cmdline(*cmdline_p);
 #endif
 
+        parse_early_param();
+
         if (early_console_setup(*cmdline_p) == 0)
                 mark_bsp_online();