On Fri, Nov 8, 2024 at 9:57 AM David Marchand <david.march...@redhat.com> wrote: > > Improvements and unification of logging library. > This version works on all platforms: Linux, Windows and FreeBSD. > > This is update to rework patch set. It adds several new features > to the console log output. > > * Putting a timestamp on console output which is useful for > analyzing performance of startup codes. Timestamp is optional > and must be enabled on command line. > > * Displaying console output with colors. > It uses the standard conventions used by many other Linux commands > for colorized display. The default is to enable color if the > console output is going to a terminal. But it can be always > on or disabled by command line flag. This default was chosen > based on what dmesg(1) command does. > > Color is used by many tools (vi, iproute2, git) because it is helpful; > DPDK drivers and libraries print lots of not very useful messages. > And having error messages highlighted in bold face helps. > This might also get users to pay more attention to error messages. > Many bug reports have earlier messages that are lost because > there are so many info messages. > > * Add support for automatic detection of systemd journal > protocol. If running as systemd service will get enhanced > logging. > > * Use of syslog is optional and the meaning of the > --syslog flag has changed. The default is *not* to use > unless requested. > > Add Stephen as maintainer for log because by now have added > more than previous authors. > > > Resending for CI: > > Changes since v31: > - rebased, > - fixed build with MSVC: escape character was restored to \033 > (used until v25) instead of \e,
Applied, thanks. -- David Marchand
