--- iommu/drivers/char/serial.c.~1~	Sun May 20 04:04:08 2001
+++ iommu/drivers/char/serial.c	Tue May 22 17:42:50 2001
@@ -1764,11 +1764,13 @@
 		if (I_IGNPAR(info->tty))
 			info->ignore_status_mask |= UART_LSR_OE;
 	}
+#if 0 /* breaks serial console during boot stage */
 	/*
 	 * !!! ignore all characters if CREAD is not set
 	 */
 	if ((cflag & CREAD) == 0)
 		info->ignore_status_mask |= UART_LSR_DR;
+#endif
 	save_flags(flags); cli();
 	if (uart_config[info->state->type].flags & UART_STARTECH) {
 		serial_outp(info, UART_LCR, 0xBF);