static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(client_lock);
 static LIST_HEAD(clients);
 static char console_buf[MCONSOLE_MAX_DATA];
-static int console_index = 0;
 
 static void console_write(struct console *console, const char *string,
-                         unsigned len)
+                         unsigned int len)
 {
        struct list_head *ele;
        int n;
        if (list_empty(&clients))
                return;
 
-       while (1) {
-               n = min((size_t) len, ARRAY_SIZE(console_buf) - console_index);
-               strncpy(&console_buf[console_index], string, n);
-               console_index += n;
+       while (len > 0) {
+               n = min((size_t) len, ARRAY_SIZE(console_buf));
+               strncpy(console_buf, string, n);
                string += n;
                len -= n;
-               if (len == 0)
-                       return;
 
                list_for_each(ele, &clients) {
                        struct mconsole_output *entry;
 
                        entry = list_entry(ele, struct mconsole_output, list);
-                       mconsole_reply_len(entry->req, console_buf,
-                                          console_index, 0, 1);
+                       mconsole_reply_len(entry->req, console_buf, n, 0, 1);
                }
-
-               console_index = 0;
        }
 }
 
 
        (*proc)(arg);
 
-       mconsole_reply_len(req, console_buf, console_index, 0, 0);
-       console_index = 0;
+       mconsole_reply_len(req, "", 0, 0, 0);
 
        spin_lock_irqsave(&client_lock, flags);
        list_del(&entry.list);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ
+
+#include <linux/sysrq.h>
+
 static void sysrq_proc(void *arg)
 {
        char *op = arg;