Re: [PATCH] Cute feature: colored printk output

[Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>]

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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