From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jan 6 15:11:15 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id PAA05470 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 6 Jan 1998 15:11:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from fang.cs.sunyit.edu (root@fang.cs.sunyit.edu [192.52.220.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id PAA05420 for ; Tue, 6 Jan 1998 15:10:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from perlsta@sunyit.edu) Received: from win95.local.sunyit.edu (ppp-1.ts-6.nyc.idt.net [169.132.98.1]) by fang.cs.sunyit.edu (8.8.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id TAA11434; Tue, 6 Jan 1998 19:11:47 GMT Message-Id: <199801061911.TAA11434@fang.cs.sunyit.edu> From: "Alfred Perlstein" To: "Terry Lambert" , "Mike Smith" Cc: "Mike Smith" , Subject: Re: Splash screen (splashkit) for 3.0 systems... Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 18:01:24 -0500 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet Mail 4.70.1161 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk where can i get information on this splashkit thing? ---------- > From: Mike Smith > To: Terry Lambert > Cc: Mike Smith ; hackers@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: Splash screen (splashkit) for 3.0 systems... > Date: Tuesday, January 06, 1998 4:58 PM > > > > Before bundling and releasing this (or just plastering it into -current > > > 8) I'm looking for: > > > > > > - Testers. Naturally, I need people to find my bugs. 8) > > > > > > - A better image format. The DIB (.BMP) format is relatively easy to > > > work with, but a 320x200x8 image runs the best part of 64k, which is > > > slow to load from floppy and wastes valuable core. > > > > .... > > > > > Comments? > > > > Actually, I'd suggest sticking with the format Windows 95 uses; that > > would let you use all of the splash screens that people have made > > for Windows 95. I kind of like the idea of being able to use the > > color cycle animations, as well... maybe next rev? > > That's DIB (aka .BMP). Unfortunately, historically this format has > been compressed/uncompressed by the video driver (!), and we all know > how reliable Windows video drivers are. So nobody seems to support > compressing the rotten things. > > Colour cycling would be quite feasible, and relatively simple to add. > > > Also, you might want to consider delaying until ELF kernels; that > > would let you put the image in an ELF section. Alternately, put > > a file called "bootimage" (or whatever) in "/" where the boot help > > resides, and read it out of the FS. > > Didn't I make that obvious? That's how it's done already; effectively > the "extras" section is a hack to add more sections to the a.out > format, but the image is read from the file "/splash" by the bootstrap. > > -- > \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith > \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au > \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org > \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ > >