I see no reason to change this.  The first complaint in 25 years
sounds like "personal preference" or "desire to push a change".

> Currently, output originating from the kernel is displayed using
> WSCOL_WHITE on WSCOL_BLUE, which translates to NORMAL_WHITE on
> NORMAL_BLUE.
> 
> When booting in BIOS mode, NORMAL_WHITE is 0xaaaaaa in text mode
> (which is very hard to read on a blue backgroud), and when framebuffer
> attaches, NORMAL_WHITE becomes 0xc7c7c7.
> 
> The proposed change makes text display using HILITE_WHITE, which
> is 0xffffff in both text mode and framebuffer console.
> 
> I've been running with this diff for a while now and find kernel
> messages easier to read this way, especially in text mode.
> 
> Comments? OK?
> 
> Index: sys/dev/wscons/wsemul_vt100.c
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/src/sys/dev/wscons/wsemul_vt100.c,v
> retrieving revision 1.36
> diff -u -p -r1.36 wsemul_vt100.c
> --- sys/dev/wscons/wsemul_vt100.c     10 Aug 2017 09:12:32 -0000      1.36
> +++ sys/dev/wscons/wsemul_vt100.c     12 Aug 2017 14:42:28 -0000
> @@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ wsemul_vt100_cnattach(const struct wsscr
>  #define WS_KERNEL_BG WSCOL_BLUE
>  #endif
>  #ifndef WS_KERNEL_COLATTR
> -#define WS_KERNEL_COLATTR 0
> +#define WS_KERNEL_COLATTR WSATTR_HILIT
>  #endif
>  #ifndef WS_KERNEL_MONOATTR
>  #define WS_KERNEL_MONOATTR 0
> 

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