From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 7 02:40:19 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38CDA16A4D4; Sat, 7 May 2005 02:40:19 +0000 (GMT) Received: from S2.cableone.net (smtp2.cableone.net [24.116.0.228]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C94BE43D86; Sat, 7 May 2005 02:40:18 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from v.velox@vvelox.net) Received: from vixen42.local.lan (unverified [24.119.123.39]) by S2.cableone.net (CableOne SMTP Service S2) with ESMTP id 19024708 for multiple; Fri, 06 May 2005 20:09:05 -0700 Date: Sat, 7 May 2005 21:40:03 -0500 From: Vulpes Velox To: "Fafa Hafiz Krantz" Message-ID: <20050507214003.7cac15a0@vixen42.local.lan> In-Reply-To: <20050506192022.A45F64BEAE@ws1-1.us4.outblaze.com> References: <20050506192022.A45F64BEAE@ws1-1.us4.outblaze.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 1.0.4 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.4) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IP-stats: Incoming Last 0, First 8, in=12, out=0, spam=0 X-External-IP: 24.119.123.39 X-Abuse-Info: Send abuse complaints to abuse@cableone.net cc: arch@freebsd.org cc: questions@freebsd.org cc: dnelson@allantgroup.com cc: Warner Losh Subject: Re: A beautiful dmesg! Maybe one day? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 07 May 2005 02:40:19 -0000 On Fri, 06 May 2005 14:20:22 -0500 "Fafa Hafiz Krantz" wrote: > > Hello Mr. Nelson and Mr. Losh! > > > It's easy enough to change the format string in > > subr_bus.c:device_print_prettyname() to pad out the devicename. > > I am not qualified to do this. I wish I were. > How about you guys? :) > > > However, you may prefer to just put up a splash screen (see the > > splash manpage), so the user doesn't even see the kernel messages > > at all. > > We can't just forget about it and pray for it to go away. > > This is an aesthetic violation to FreeBSD's professional image, > that is considered to be more important now than ever. > > Now that we have logo and website design competitions going to > completely revamp of the FreeBSD of the 70s, perhaps it's also time > to update the ASCII design of this system? I personally find the old methode a lot easier to read, compared to the new one. If a change is wanted, why not make such a thing like this a kernel option? > > Many of his suggestions are subtle changes to the probe messages > > in addition to the format string. > > > > Warner > > Indeed they are subtle. > But it's more like removing zits. With laser or whatever.