* Peter Stuge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070319 01:35]:
> On Sun, Mar 18, 2007 at 05:48:48PM +0100, Stefan Reinauer wrote:
> > For the Kernel bootsplash, a guy at SUSE wrote a jpeg decoder in
> > roughly 8k.
>
> Would that be Oliver Fromme? :)
Hey, you know "inof"? :-)
Actually it was Michael Schröde
On Sun, Mar 18, 2007 at 05:48:48PM +0100, Stefan Reinauer wrote:
> For the Kernel bootsplash, a guy at SUSE wrote a jpeg decoder in
> roughly 8k.
Would that be Oliver Fromme? :)
> That plus a jpeg will be smaller than a lzmaed raw image in almost
> all cases.
JPEG is great for photos, not so go
* Peter Stuge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070318 17:20]:
> Sounds like an idea. I would definately not want it compiled in
> unless I choose it in Kconfig though.
Yes, definitely.
> But one option for which mode, and another for the graphics file would
> be good.
Yes. The picture should be selectable
On Sun, Mar 18, 2007 at 04:21:22PM +0100, Stefan Reinauer wrote:
> * Maybe we do want to switch the bootsplash on in the LinuxBIOS part?
It's a feature, but none that I would use.
> * Maybe we want a seperate "stage" that does only that, between pci
> init and executing the bootloader?
Sounds
* Luc Verhaegen. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070318 03:42]:
> > I am not at all negative. I am just thinking out loud where stuff is
> > done best.
>
> Ah, you talked about a possible bootsplash _last_ week :)
Yes, that was about one or two days before I got v3 working with VGA in
QEMU.
A boot splash
On Sat, Mar 17, 2007 at 04:29:50PM +0100, Stefan Reinauer wrote:
> * Luc Verhaegen. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070317 15:39]:
> > Are you saying there that, for the likes of filo, grub, etherboot, etc
> > will be forced to set up a full VGA console themselves?
>
> Not more than at the moment. You need
* Luc Verhaegen. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070317 15:39]:
> Are you saying there that, for the likes of filo, grub, etherboot, etc
> will be forced to set up a full VGA console themselves?
Not more than at the moment. You need functions that write characters to
0xb8000, more or less. But you need the
Hi Luc,
2007/3/17, Luc Verhaegen. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Are you saying there that, for the likes of filo, grub, etherboot, etc
> will be forced to set up a full VGA console themselves? Or are you for
> forcing everybody to use a serial console to:
> * instruct the bootloader on what to do, what k
On Sat, Mar 17, 2007 at 03:03:37PM +0100, Stefan Reinauer wrote:
> * Luc Verhaegen. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070317 14:04]:
> > > I want it to go into a nice picture/or solid color
> > > within less a second after press the ON button.
> >
> > Yes, people do seem to want to have a pretty bootsplash. Th
* Luc Verhaegen. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070317 14:04]:
> > I want it to go into a nice picture/or solid color
> > within less a second after press the ON button.
>
> Yes, people do seem to want to have a pretty bootsplash. This
> possibility will be given.
I remember we had some bootsplash in Lin
On Sat, Mar 17, 2007 at 11:44:29AM +0100, Fredrik Ohrstrom wrote:
> Ubercool! This is exactly what I myself intended to do, and you
> have already done it!
This hasn't exactly happened overnight, it is not something one would do
in a few days hacking. And i believe that also goes for the work tha
Ubercool! This is exactly what I myself intended to do, and you
have already done it! My next goal is to initialize the display
already in LinuxBios. I want it to go into a nice picture/or solid color
within less a second after press the ON button. Then, later as the
X-server takes over the contro
Yes, you read that correctly.
You can run X on your CLE266 based EPIA without having to depend on any
non-free software whatsoever.
No non-free drivers. No non-free BIOS. And now no VGA BIOS :)
If you have an EPIA-M, then things are very easy. Well, relatively easy.
Well easier than trying to in
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