diff --git a/src/arch/aarch64/mod.rs b/src/arch/aarch64/mod.rs
index fa7a147b..1aa6b98d 100644
--- a/src/arch/aarch64/mod.rs
+++ b/src/arch/aarch64/mod.rs
@@ -74,9 +74,11 @@ pub fn message_output_init() {
 	}
 }
 
-pub fn output_message_byte(byte: u8) {
-	unsafe {
-		COM1.write_byte(byte);
+pub fn write_to_console(bytes: &[u8]) {
+	for byte in bytes.iter().copied() {
+		unsafe {
+			COM1.write_byte(byte);
+		}
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/src/arch/riscv64/mod.rs b/src/arch/riscv64/mod.rs
index 4cd5f7e5..42b7295f 100644
--- a/src/arch/riscv64/mod.rs
+++ b/src/arch/riscv64/mod.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,11 @@ use sptr::Strict;
 
 pub fn message_output_init() {}
 
-pub use sbi_rt::console_write_byte as output_message_byte;
+pub fn write_to_console(bytes: &[u8]) {
+	for byte in bytes.iter().copied() {
+		sbi_rt::console_write_byte(byte);
+	}
+}
 
 fn find_kernel_linux(chosen: &FdtNode<'_, '_>) -> Option<&'static [u8]> {
 	let initrd_start = chosen.property("linux,initrd-start")?.as_usize()?;
diff --git a/src/arch/x86_64/mod.rs b/src/arch/x86_64/mod.rs
index 50db3055..ea08dfca 100644
--- a/src/arch/x86_64/mod.rs
+++ b/src/arch/x86_64/mod.rs
@@ -89,8 +89,10 @@ pub fn message_output_init() {
 	unsafe { COM1.init() };
 }
 
-pub fn output_message_byte(byte: u8) {
-	unsafe { COM1.send(byte) };
+pub fn write_to_console(bytes: &[u8]) {
+	for byte in bytes.iter().copied() {
+		unsafe { COM1.send(byte) };
+	}
 }
 
 #[cfg(target_os = "uefi")]
diff --git a/src/console.rs b/src/console.rs
index 61dd3e32..a1f0fd8f 100644
--- a/src/console.rs
+++ b/src/console.rs
@@ -6,9 +6,7 @@ pub struct Console(());
 
 impl fmt::Write for Console {
 	fn write_str(&mut self, s: &str) -> fmt::Result {
-		for byte in s.bytes() {
-			crate::arch::output_message_byte(byte);
-		}
+		crate::arch::write_to_console(s.as_bytes());
 		Ok(())
 	}
 }