Index: kernel/arch/mips32/src/mach/malta/malta.c
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--- kernel/arch/mips32/src/mach/malta/malta.c	(revision 3daba42eca17fefb7371eb495dcaf63d5a95ed9e)
+++ kernel/arch/mips32/src/mach/malta/malta.c	(revision 42e91ae287bf1525ef41e4cc821ffb99f0562d68)
@@ -44,5 +44,7 @@
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <byteorder.h>
+#include <sysinfo/sysinfo.h>
 #include <log.h>
+#include <str.h>
 
 static void malta_init(void);
@@ -100,4 +102,5 @@
 
 	i8259_init((i8259_t *) PIC0_BASE, (i8259_t *) PIC1_BASE, 0);
+	sysinfo_set_item_val("i8259", NULL, true);
 
 	int_handler[INT_HW0] = malta_isa_irq_handler;
@@ -113,4 +116,7 @@
 	    NULL, NULL, tty_out_ptr);
 #endif
+
+	const char *args = "console=devices/\\hw\\pci0\\00:0a.0\\com1\\a";
+	str_ncpy(bargs, CONFIG_BOOT_ARGUMENTS_BUFLEN, args, str_length(args));
 }