On Wed, 29 Oct 2003, Buchan Milne wrote:
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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?
AFAIK lots of fb things changed in 2.6, and nobody was yet willing to
start porting bootsplash because of the heavy changes still taking place
in fb.
>
> > 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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