[edk2-devel] [PATCH v1 3/3] MdeModulePkg/ConSplitter: Change StdErr color to EFI_LIGHTGRAY

[Samer El-Haj-Mahmoud]

Why does StdErr have to be a different color from ConOut? If the system redirected both streams to the same console output then that is their choice. Serial DEBUG output is not a different color even if the DEBUG is redirected to the same console as ConOut and StdErr. Also, from what I have seen, StdErr does not seem to always retain this MAGENTA color later (for example, after booting a UEFI Shell?).

Do users really care (other than being annoyed by the inconsistency of "some" text showing up in purple?). Using the same color for consoles/DEBUG output by default is consistent and clean. Applications/users can always change the colors later to whatever is the preference for that particular UI/CLI.

Thanks,
--Samer


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gao, Zhichao <zhichao.gao at intel.com>
> Sent: Monday, November 30, 2020 8:00 PM
> To: devel at edk2.groups.io; lersek at redhat.com; Samer El-Haj-Mahmoud
> <Samer.El-Haj-Mahmoud at arm.com>
> Cc: Wang, Jian J <jian.j.wang at intel.com>; Wu, Hao A
> <hao.a.wu at intel.com>; Ni, Ray <ray.ni at intel.com>; Ard Biesheuvel
> <Ard.Biesheuvel at arm.com>; Andy Lutomirski <luto at kernel.org>
> Subject: RE: [edk2-devel] [PATCH v1 3/3] MdeModulePkg/ConSplitter:
> Change StdErr color to EFI_LIGHTGRAY
>
> I agree the EFI_MAGENTA is not a good choose. But this may be a different
> issue. Many platforms would set serial port as ConOut and ErrOut. The
> different colors for them can differ the origin. I don't think change them to
> the same color is a good idea.
>
> Thanks,
> Zhichao
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: devel at edk2.groups.io <devel at edk2.groups.io> On Behalf Of Laszlo
> > Ersek
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2020 7:30 AM
> > To: devel at edk2.groups.io; samer.el-haj-mahmoud at arm.com
> > Cc: Wang, Jian J <jian.j.wang at intel.com>; Wu, Hao A
> > <hao.a.wu at intel.com>; Gao, Zhichao <zhichao.gao at intel.com>; Ni, Ray
> > <ray.ni at intel.com>; Ard Biesheuvel <Ard.Biesheuvel at arm.com>; Andy
> > Lutomirski <luto at kernel.org>
> > Subject: Re: [edk2-devel] [PATCH v1 3/3] MdeModulePkg/ConSplitter:
> > Change StdErr color to EFI_LIGHTGRAY
> >
> > On 11/24/20 20:15, Samer El-Haj-Mahmoud wrote:
> > > ConSplitter was using EFI_LIGHTGRAY foreground color for ConOut and
> > > EFI_MAGENTA for StdErr.
> > >
> > > This does not work all the time, and StdErr ends up showing parts in
> > > MAGENTA and other parts in LIGHTGRAY. Changing StdErr to LIGHTGRAY
> > > looks better and is more consistent.
> > >
> > > Cc: Jian J Wang <jian.j.wang at intel.com>
> > > Cc: Hao A Wu <hao.a.wu at intel.com>
> > > Cc: Zhichao Gao <zhichao.gao at intel.com>
> > > Cc: Ray Ni <ray.ni at intel.com>
> > > Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <Ard.Biesheuvel at arm.com>
> > > Signed-off-by: Samer El-Haj-Mahmoud <Samer.El-Haj-
> Mahmoud at arm.com>
> > > ---
> > >  MdeModulePkg/Universal/Console/ConSplitterDxe/ConSplitter.c | 2 +-
> > >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git
> > > a/MdeModulePkg/Universal/Console/ConSplitterDxe/ConSplitter.c
> > > b/MdeModulePkg/Universal/Console/ConSplitterDxe/ConSplitter.c
> > > index b090de288517..e8cd4ce120a0 100644
> > > --- a/MdeModulePkg/Universal/Console/ConSplitterDxe/ConSplitter.c
> > > +++ b/MdeModulePkg/Universal/Console/ConSplitterDxe/ConSplitter.c
> > > @@ -1476,7 +1476,7 @@ ConSplitterStdErrDriverBindingStart (
> > >    // their MaxMode and QueryData should be the intersection of both.
> > >    //
> > >    Status = ConSplitterTextOutAddDevice (&mStdErr, TextOut, NULL,
> > > NULL);
> > > -  ConSplitterTextOutSetAttribute (&mStdErr.TextOut, EFI_TEXT_ATTR
> > > (EFI_MAGENTA, EFI_BLACK));
> > > +  ConSplitterTextOutSetAttribute (&mStdErr.TextOut, EFI_TEXT_ATTR
> > > + (EFI_LIGHTGRAY, EFI_BLACK));
> > >
> > >    return Status;
> > >  }
> > >
> >
> > I am very curious as to how this patch is going to fare, as Andy
> > Lutomirski (CC'd) reported the same symptom in a Fedora bugzilla
> > ticket
> > 4+ years ago:
> >
> > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1355913
> >
> > As you can see in that BZ, I found the same code location, I just
> > didn't feel up to starting another crusade on edk2-devel -- about
> > colors even!... So I'll be watching this one now. :)
> >
> > Thanks
> > Laszlo
> >
> >
> >
> > 
> >

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