Re: proposing patches (was: Colored kernel messages on serial console)

[Thor Lancelot Simon <tls%panix.com@localhost>]

On Tue, Jul 28, 2026 at 02:23:29PM +0200, Edgar Fu? wrote:
> > If you find that useful, why do you feel you need an external approval
> > for scratching your own itch?  Just do it and use it for yourself.
> I find nothing wrong with proposing a patch, finding out that nobody else 
> finds it useful and so keeping it local. /Not/ proposing it prevents others 
> from finding it useful and the patch getting incorporated.

I actually thought the "sysctl for bytes to be prepended; sysctl for bytes to
be postpended" proposal was rather clever.  I wouldn't object to that going
in; I'd never set it, but it should default to unset.

Thor