diff --git a/arch/mips/cobalt/console.c b/arch/mips/cobalt/console.c
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+++ b/arch/mips/cobalt/console.c
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+/*
+ * (C) P. Horton 2006
+ */
+
+#include <linux/config.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/console.h>
+#include <linux/serial_reg.h>
+#include <asm/addrspace.h>
+#include <asm/mach-cobalt/cobalt.h>
+
+static void putchar(int c)
+{
+	if(c == '\n')
+		putchar('\r');
+
+	while(!(COBALT_UART[UART_LSR] & UART_LSR_THRE))
+		;
+
+	COBALT_UART[UART_TX] = c;
+}
+
+static void cons_write(struct console *c, const char *s, unsigned n)
+{
+	while(n-- && *s)
+		putchar(*s++);
+}
+
+static struct console cons_info =
+{
+	.name	= "uart",
+	.write	= cons_write,
+	.flags	= CON_PRINTBUFFER | CON_BOOT,
+	.index	= -1,
+};
+
+void __init cobalt_early_console(void)
+{
+	register_console(&cons_info);
+
+	printk("Cobalt: early console registered\n");
+}