[PATCH v10 08/10] eal: add option to put timestamp on console output

[Tyler Retzlaff]

On Thu, Mar 21, 2024 at 10:16:36AM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> On Thu, 21 Mar 2024 10:11:31 -0700
> Tyler Retzlaff <roretzla at linux.microsoft.com> wrote:
> 
> > >  
> > >  
> > > +Console timestamp
> > > +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > > +
> > > +On Linux and FreeBSD, an optional timestamp can be added before each
> > > +message by adding the ``--log-timestamp`` option.  
> > 
> > i don't think Windows should be excluded from the feature, in general
> > core libraries that get features should cover all platforms.
> 
> The problem is that current Linux/FreeBSD log code depends on fopencookie()
> to work. I could not find a way to do that on Windows.

but that looks like it is part of general log initialization. surely
when we are talking about logging a timestamp to a console we're just
talking about a standard stream and a format string for Windows?

i'll try to study more to gain a better understanding.

thanks