diff --git a/src/arch/i386/init/crt0.S.lb b/src/arch/i386/init/crt0.S.lb
index 700b01148a..4d9face092 100644
--- a/src/arch/i386/init/crt0.S.lb
+++ b/src/arch/i386/init/crt0.S.lb
@@ -23,10 +23,8 @@
 
 #include <arch/asm.h>
 #include <arch/intel.h>
+#include <console/loglevel.h>	
 
-#if CONFIG_SMP==1
-#include <cpu/p6/apic.h>
-#endif
 /*
  * This is the entry code the code in .reset section
  * jumps to this address.
@@ -43,7 +41,8 @@
 	/* clear boot_complete flag */
 	xorl	%ebp, %ebp
 __main:
-	CONSOLE_DEBUG_TX_STRING($str_copying_to_ram)
+	mov	$str_copying_to_ram, %ebx
+	CALLSP(console_tx_string)
 
 	/*
 	 *	Copy data into RAM and clear the BSS. Since these segments
@@ -53,7 +52,7 @@ __main:
 	intel_chip_post_macro(0x11)		/* post 11 */
 
 	cld				/* clear direction flag */
-
+	
 	/* copy linuxBIOS from it's initial load location to 
 	 * the location it is compiled to run at.
 	 * Normally this is copying from FLASH ROM to RAM.
@@ -149,8 +148,9 @@ decompr_end_n2b:
 
 	movl	%esp, %ebp
 #endif
-	
-	CONSOLE_DEBUG_TX_STRING($str_pre_main)
+
+	mov	$str_pre_main, %ebx
+	CALLSP(console_tx_string)
 	leal	_iseg, %edi
 	jmp	%edi
 
@@ -159,7 +159,55 @@ decompr_end_n2b:
 	hlt
 	jmp	.Lhlt
 
+
+	/* Uses esp, ebx, ax, dx  */
+console_tx_string:
+#if ASM_CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL <= BIOS_DEBUG
+	RETSP
+#else	
+	mov	(%ebx), %al
+	inc	%ebx
+	cmp	$0, %al
+	jne	9f
+	RETSP
+9:
+/* Base Address */
+#ifndef TTYS0_BASE
+#define TTYS0_BASE	0x3f8
+#endif
+/* Data */
+#define TTYS0_RBR (TTYS0_BASE+0x00)
+
+/* Control */
+#define TTYS0_TBR TTYS0_RBR
+#define TTYS0_IER (TTYS0_BASE+0x01)
+#define TTYS0_IIR (TTYS0_BASE+0x02)
+#define TTYS0_FCR TTYS0_IIR
+#define TTYS0_LCR (TTYS0_BASE+0x03)
+#define TTYS0_MCR (TTYS0_BASE+0x04)
+#define TTYS0_DLL TTYS0_RBR
+#define TTYS0_DLM TTYS0_IER
+
+/* Status */
+#define TTYS0_LSR (TTYS0_BASE+0x05)
+#define TTYS0_MSR (TTYS0_BASE+0x06)
+#define TTYS0_SCR (TTYS0_BASE+0x07)
+	
+	mov	%al, %ah
+10:	mov	$TTYS0_LSR, %dx
+	inb	%dx, %al
+	test	$0x20, %al
+	je	10b
+	mov	$TTYS0_TBR, %dx
+	mov	%ah, %al
+	outb	%al, %dx
+
+	jmp console_tx_string	
+
 .section ".rom.data"
 str_copying_to_ram:  .string "Copying LinuxBIOS to ram.\r\n"
 str_pre_main:        .string "Jumping to LinuxBIOS.\r\n"
 .previous
+
+#endif /* ASM_CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL > BIOS_DEBUG */
+	
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