Re: Patches for 2.1.40

Richard A. Soderberg (richards@dnsi.net)
Tue, 27 May 1997 18:36:58 -0700 (PDT)

So you could make this an option in config (CONFIG_COLOR_PRINTK=y/n)..
default it to no, let people decide what to do... Even allow for
modifcation of colors if you want..

Richard

On Tue, 27 May 1997, Will French wrote:

> Date: Tue, 27 May 1997 05:23:05 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Will French <wfrench@interport.net>
> To: kleff@athene.informatik.uni-bonn.de, linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
> Subject: Re: Patches for 2.1.40
>
> > - colored printk messages according to message level
>
> Bad idea; some colors won't show up on some black-and-white
> VGA monitors. For example, if the monitor only reads from the
> "green" pin, red messages won't show.
>
>
> Will French <wfrench@interport.net>
>

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