Linux-2.6.12-rc2

Initial git repository build. I'm not bothering with the full history,
even though we have it. We can create a separate "historical" git
archive of that later if we want to, and in the meantime it's about
3.2GB when imported into git - space that would just make the early
git days unnecessarily complicated, when we don't have a lot of good
infrastructure for it.

Let it rip!
diff --git a/arch/mips/mips-boards/generic/display.c b/arch/mips/mips-boards/generic/display.c
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+/*
+ * Carsten Langgaard, carstenl@mips.com
+ * Copyright (C) 1999,2000 MIPS Technologies, Inc.  All rights reserved.
+ *
+ *  This program is free software; you can distribute it and/or modify it
+ *  under the terms of the GNU General Public License (Version 2) as
+ *  published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ *  This program is distributed in the hope it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ *  ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ *  FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ *  for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+ *  with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ *  59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ *
+ * Display routines for display messages in MIPS boards ascii display.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/compiler.h>
+#include <asm/io.h>
+#include <asm/mips-boards/generic.h>
+
+void mips_display_message(const char *str)
+{
+	static volatile unsigned int *display = NULL;
+	int i;
+
+	if (unlikely(display == NULL))
+		display = (volatile unsigned int *)ioremap(ASCII_DISPLAY_POS_BASE, 16*sizeof(int));
+
+	for (i = 0; i <= 14; i=i+2) {
+	         if (*str)
+		         display[i] = *str++;
+		 else
+		         display[i] = ' ';
+	}
+}