On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 04:02:35PM -0500, Matt DeVillier wrote: > From 015d42aefa7cdebee79f12f9eca113e234574c89 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > From: Matt DeVillier <matt.devill...@puri.sm> > Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2019 12:29:55 -0500 > Subject: [PATCH] Reduce video modeswitching when using a boot splash > image > > In the normal boot flow, the VGA console is enabled immediately after > running the VGA option ROM. Later, after device hardware setup, if a > bootsplash is used, the video modeis changed from VGA text to a > graphics mode, then back to VGA text mode to show the boot menu. In the > normal case where the boot menu is not invoked, this can produce a bit > of flickering as the display mode changes 3x in a short period of time. > > To mitigate this, display the bootsplash earlier in the boot process if > used, and switch to VGA text mode only as needed to show the boot menu. > Show the Boot Menu Message only if a boot splash is not currently being > shown.
Unfortunately, this would run the optionroms while the bootsplash is active. It is unclear how optionroms would react to that. -Kevin _______________________________________________ SeaBIOS mailing list -- seabios@seabios.org To unsubscribe send an email to seabios-le...@seabios.org
