diff -urN oldtree/kernel/sys.c newtree/kernel/sys.c
--- oldtree/kernel/sys.c	2006-08-18 15:01:22.000000000 -0400
+++ newtree/kernel/sys.c	2006-08-20 04:55:10.928053250 -0400
@@ -735,7 +735,6 @@
 	} else {
 		printk(KERN_EMERG "Restarting system with command '%s'.\n", cmd);
 	}
-	printk(".\n");
 	machine_restart(cmd);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kernel_restart);