--- kernel/printk.c     16 Feb 2007 09:07:23 -0000      1.24
+++ kernel/printk.c     6 Apr 2007 23:46:22 -0000
@@ -514,6 +514,8 @@
 /* cpu currently holding logbuf_lock */
 static volatile unsigned int printk_cpu = UINT_MAX;
 
+extern void printascii(const char *);
+
 asmlinkage int vprintk(const char *fmt, va_list args)
 {
        unsigned long flags;
@@ -537,6 +539,8 @@
        /* Emit the output into the temporary buffer */
        printed_len = vscnprintf(printk_buf, sizeof(printk_buf), fmt, args);
 
+       printascii(printk_buf);
+
        /*
         * Copy the output into log_buf.  If the caller didn't provide
         * appropriate log level tags, we insert them here