Re: "Re: [PATCH 0/2] Colored kernel output (run2)" + "`Subject:'usage"

From: Jan Engelhardt
Date: Sun Oct 07 2007 - 14:58:59 EST



On Oct 7 2007 20:47, Rene Herman wrote:
>
>> > Coloring isn't useful. If it was, it would be implemented ~16 years
>> > ago.
>>
>> Congratulations, this is the most stupid argument i've ever read on lkml.
>
> "Ay. World is finished. Everyone can go home and watch Friends reruns now."
>
> But well, there actually have been worse arguments given that VGA console is
> getting less and less important.
>[...]
> Sure, that in itself needn't necesarily be of concern to anyone who, err, is
> not concerned but any such colouring feature appearing when there's only a
> smathering of people left that still cares about the VGA console in the first
> place really isn't all _that_ far out as an argument...

In case you have not noticed, the coloring also applies to FB.
As far as I can oversee, it's only "missing" for serial and PROMs.
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