> > Yes, but who wants to see a text console on their brand new pda, > > embedded pc, or carpc? I personally like text console as well, but > > gotta think about end users too. Bootsplash should be an option, > > IMO, but I don't much care for the idea of a bios setup option, it > > would take up too much space and be too much of a hassle to deal > > with. LinuxBIOS is not Award/Phoenix/AMI BIOS, and shouldn't have > > to emulate them. When LinuxBIOS is used in embedded products, it > > should never need to have any setup options changed. If it's used > > on a desktop system, lxbios should be available, and there should > > be a fallback option in place should something go wrong, such as a > > payload for booting from USB, etc. Just my 2 cents. > > When things are working well, one shouldn't have time to notice a VGA > console. It's when things aren't working well when you're really > really glad that the "nasty", "old" vga console is there.
i prefer to see the text console and choose text over some splash screen. however i think the old vga console it ugly with the huge fonts. i think my ibook (running linux) uses framebuffer or something during boot and it has smaller fonts. also the firmware has small fonts too. does linux bios have this ? matt -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.linuxbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios