--- linux-2.6/kernel/printk.c 2008-06-28 22:26:15.000000000 -0400 +++ linux-2.6-new/kernel/printk.c 2008-06-29 00:19:16.000000000 -0400 @@ -609,6 +609,7 @@ va_list args; int r; + vprintk("Quoth the kernel:\n", NULL); va_start(args, fmt); r = vprintk(fmt, args); va_end(args);