On Tue, May 01, 2007 at 12:12:36PM +0200, Jan Engelhardt wrote: > init/obsolete.c: > static __init int obsolete_init(void) > { > printk("\e[1;31m"" > > The following stuff is gonna get removed \e[5;37m SOON: \e[0m > - cardmgr > - foobar > - bweebol > > "); > schedule_timeout(3 * HZ); > return; > }
The kernel console isn't VT102 compatible. It doesn't understand any escape codes, at all. Neither does sysklogd. So the above will just end up as rubbish on your console. -- Russell King Linux kernel 2.6 ARM Linux - http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/ maintainer of: - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/