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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Cute feature: colored printk output
On Sat, Oct 06, 2007 at 01:08:35PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:

> feature request: would be interesting to have a color table (defined in
> the .config) dependent on message loglevel. That way KERN_CRIT messages
> could be red, KERN_INFO ones white, etc.

If we do this, please let there be a CONFIG_ option to turn it off (and that
should probably be the default too). Bootup text looking like a fruit salad
doesn't really sound like something that will make debugging any easier.

Dave

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