Re: Colored kernel messages on serial console
Timo Buhrmester <[email protected]> Wed, 29 Jul 2026 02:04:51 +0200
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> I am carrying a number of private changes Yes, I too have about a dozen of those. > impose on others I don't really get where this idea comes from that I want to impose this patch on anybody, just by asking a 'is this patch going to get me in trouble' sort of question about it. Independently of that (albeit related) I asked whether NetBSD would be interested in colors on serial consoles, if it was implemented cleanly. Why would I ask that? Because NetBSD somehow *does* unconditionally color its kernel messages on its default console, which I thought was a feature instead of a bug. I for one perceive it as genuinely useful to spot at a glance whether it was the kernel that said something, or userspace. I suspect at some point some NetBSD developer thought the same, but for all I know maybe it was Theo. Going forward I'll enjoy having the console look the same, regardless of what cable transports the data :)