--- ./arch/i386/config.in-orig	Sun Apr 28 01:39:36 2002
+++ ./arch/i386/config.in	Sun Apr 28 01:41:28 2002
@@ -436,6 +436,15 @@
    bool '  Magic SysRq key' CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ
    bool '  Spinlock debugging' CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK
    bool '  Compile the kernel with frame pointers' CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER
+   choice 'Early printk support'  \
+      "NONE               NO_CONFIG_EARLY_CONSOLE \
+      VGA                CONFIG_EARLY_CONSOLE_VGA \
+      Serial_PORT       CONFIG_EARLY_CONSOLE_SERIAL\
+      Bochs_0xE9_hack    CONFIG_EARLY_CONSOLE_BOCHS_E9_HACK " NONE
+   if [ "$CONFIG_EARLY_CONSOLE_SERIAL" = "y" ]; then
+      hex "Location of serial port " CONFIG_EARLY_CONSOLE_SERIAL_PORT 0x3F8
+      int "Baud rate " CONFIG_EARLY_CONSOLE_SERIAL_BAUD  38400
+   fi
 fi
 
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