Re: highlighted kernel messages on serial console

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At Sat, 1 Aug 2026 17:06:59 -0700, Brian Buhrow <[email protected]> wrote:
Subject: Re: highlighted (was: colored) kernel messages on serial console
>
> So, I'll repeat my request that if it's a feature we want as a
> community, I'd like it to default to off.

So far as I can tell nobody has even remotely hinted that such a feature
should be enabled by default.

> Perhaps, to make it easier for folks to switch it on, we could add a
> boot option to enable it.

I wouldn't mind just having to compile a new kernel to enable it (just
as one has to do so to change the wscons colours).  I see no strong
reason to add a boot option.  There are probably many other things that
could be boot options that would be much higher priority.

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