Re: install/54932: A green message overwrite part of screen in sysinst on laptop

["Andreas Gustafsson via gnats" <gnats-admin%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR install/54932; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Andreas Gustafsson <gson%gson.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: install/54932: A green message overwrite part of screen in sysinst on laptop
Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2026 14:40:48 +0300

 Kernel messages messing up the sysinst output is still an issue.
 
 For example, while trying to install NetBSD-current/evbmips-mips64eb
 (source date 2026.03.01.20.46.00) on an erlite3, the following output
 appeared:
 
   Ok, we are no[  32.7006732] dk1 at sd0 (octeon-root) deleted
   w ready to insta[  32.7116867] dk1: detached
   ll NetBSD on your hard disk (sd0)
 
 Aside from giving new users a bad first impression, this also makes it
 harder to automate installs.
 
 Sysinst already intercepts kernel messages using TIOCCONS, but only while
 running external commands.  It should intercept them at all times.
 -- 
 Andreas Gustafsson, gson%gson.org@localhost