I really should have looked into it when I saw the compressed patch double in
size, eh? I've replaced the compressed patch which the URL points to with
the proper one (same URL):
http://execpc.com/~rdmiller/Linux/kernel-bootlogo.patch.gz
Thank you David, for noticing my error (not cleaning up the tree before
diff'ing).
Rick Miller wrote:
> Axel, are these changes to the kernel configuration options okay with
> you?
>
> Kernel Developers, please try this one out. I don't have any non-i386
> architecture machines to try this out on.
>
> Various changes to unify and automate the frame buffer boot graphic and
> to offer kernel configuration options for quelling printk()'s and
> centering the graphic to make a nice, professional-looking first
> impression on all those consumer-device users. :-)
>
> In summary:
>
> - New kernel configuration options:
> - CONFIG_QUIET_PRINTK: turns off boot messages
> - CONFIG_FBLOGO_{TOPLEFT,CENTER}: choose logo alignment
> (Documentation in Configure.help included, of course.)
>
> - New script (make_bootlogo.pl) to install any graphic as the boot
> logo
>
> - Restructured header files for boot graphic:
> - Retained platform-specific defaults.
> - Simple one-spot override (see
> Documentation/fb/make_bootlogo.txt)
>
> - fbcon.c and console.c modified to support new features.
> (I looked over the recent patches by Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz,
> James Simmons, and Geert Uytterhoeven and I don't think there are any
> collisions.)
>
> Many thanks to Torrey Hoffman and Mohammad A. Haque for their input on
> boot graphic positioning.
>
> The url: http://execpc.com/~rdmiller/Linux/kernel-bootlogo.patch.gz
> (It's about 380k.)
It's now (more appropriately) only about 190k.
Rick Miller
rmiller@transmeta.com
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