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Andrey Borzenkov wrote:
> Apparently this progress bar is displayed not by kernel but by some
external program?

No, it seems just to work by placing "show $num" in /proc/splash where
$num is a 16bit integer (see /sbin/splash.sh and the rc_splash function
in /etc/rc.d/).

> On 2.4.23-pre8 it is too short while on 2.6 it extends over the right
side - apparently
> it depends on relative kernel version number :)

Does framebuffer work on 2.6?

> seriously, how it is computed? Oh, and anyone knows any attepmt to
port bootsplash to
> 2.6? Even incomplete one - it could be taken for a start

Probably better to ask on the bootsplash list? I am sure they are
interested.

Regards,
Buchan

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