Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 06 Oct 2007 15:53:45 -0400 | From | Bill Davidsen <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Cute feature: colored printk output |
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Jan Engelhardt wrote: > Colored kernel message output > > Let's work more on Linux's cuteness! [http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/10/4/431] > The following patch makes it possible to give kernel messages a > selectable color which helps to distinguish it from other noise, > such as boot messages. NetBSD has it, OpenBSD has it, FreeBSD to some > extent, so I think Linux should too. > > Inspired by cko (http://freshmeat.net/p/cko/), but independently > written, later contributed forth and back. > I like it, although having a boot option would be nice (I have a friend with color perception issues).
I start my root xterm in white on blue for identification, so color coding sounds like a great idea to me.
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