Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: Ideas for v2.1 | Date | Thu, 13 Jun 1996 11:35:27 -0400 (EDT) | From | "Andrew E. Mileski" <> |
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> > It can be done, surely? At that point in bootup we have the console > > driver in full working order. So can't we just replace "Ok.\n" with > > "\r\e[K", which will wipe the message off the screen *if* the test > > is successful. > > > > Maybe that's a bit fancy though... > > But these escape sequences would also go to the log files, which > is probably not good...
It would a simple matter to _NOT_ log escape sequences, since printk would already have to detect them in the first place. The escape code just shouldn't be put in the buffer.
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