diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/geode_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/geode_32.c
index e8edd63..509dd32 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/geode_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/geode_32.c
@@ -166,6 +166,8 @@ int geode_has_vsa2(void)
 	static int has_vsa2 = -1;
 
 	if (has_vsa2 == -1) {
+		u16 val;
+
 		/*
 		 * The VSA has virtual registers that we can query for a
 		 * signature.
@@ -173,7 +175,10 @@ int geode_has_vsa2(void)
 		outw(VSA_VR_UNLOCK, VSA_VRC_INDEX);
 		outw(VSA_VR_SIGNATURE, VSA_VRC_INDEX);
 
-		has_vsa2 = (inw(VSA_VRC_DATA) == VSA_SIG);
+		val = inw(VSA_VRC_DATA);
+		printk("GEODE: VSA SIG = %x\n", val);
+
+		has_vsa2 = (val == VSA_SIG);
 	}
 
 	return has_vsa2;
diff --git a/drivers/video/geode/lxfb_ops.c b/drivers/video/geode/lxfb_ops.c
index aaef916..3a4546c 100644
--- a/drivers/video/geode/lxfb_ops.c
+++ b/drivers/video/geode/lxfb_ops.c
@@ -310,6 +310,7 @@ unsigned int lx_framebuffer_size(void)
 	if (!geode_has_vsa2()) {
 		uint32_t hi, lo;
 
+		printk("GEODE: read from descriptor\n");
 		/* The number of pages is (PMAX - PMIN)+1 */
 		rdmsr(MSR_GLIU_P2D_RO0, lo, hi);
 
@@ -319,10 +320,14 @@ unsigned int lx_framebuffer_size(void)
 		val -= (lo & 0x000fffff);
 		val += 1;
 
+		printk("GEODE: Return %x", val << 12);
+
 		/* The page size is 4k */
 		return (val << 12);
 	}
 
+	printk("GEODE:  Read from VSA\n");
+
 	/* The frame buffer size is reported by a VSM in VSA II */
 	/* Virtual Register Class    = 0x02                     */
 	/* VG_MEM_SIZE (1MB units)   = 0x00                     */