From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 6 02:52:08 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42D3B106566C; Fri, 6 Feb 2009 02:52:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from scottl@samsco.org) Received: from pooker.samsco.org (pooker.samsco.org [168.103.85.57]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB6168FC13; Fri, 6 Feb 2009 02:52:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from scottl@samsco.org) Received: from phobos.local ([192.168.254.200]) (authenticated bits=0) by pooker.samsco.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id n162q5Uj028171; Thu, 5 Feb 2009 19:52:05 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from scottl@samsco.org) Message-ID: <498BA5D5.4080100@samsco.org> Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2009 19:52:05 -0700 From: Scott Long User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X; en-US; rv:1.8.1.13) Gecko/20080313 SeaMonkey/1.1.9 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Oliver Fromme References: <200902052218.n15MIaEa026891@lurza.secnetix.de> In-Reply-To: <200902052218.n15MIaEa026891@lurza.secnetix.de> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=3.8 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.8 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.8 (2007-02-13) on pooker.samsco.org Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CFT: Graphics support for /boot/loader X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2009 02:52:08 -0000 Oliver Fromme wrote: > Hello fellow hackers, > > Some of you might remember that I'm working on graphics > support for our /boot/loader. Unfortunately, progress has > been rather slow because of non-FreeBSD-related activity. > > Anyway, I have now prepared a tarball containing a loader > binary for public testing. If you are eager to give it a > try, please feel free to do so. It should work with any > FreeBSD version on i386 and amd64 platforms. > > I have posted detailed instructions on the FreeBSD wiki: > > http://wiki.freebsd.org/OliverFromme/BootLoaderTest > > Any kind of feedback is welcome. > I think that this is really neat, you've done an impressive job with it good job. However, I do take issue with your criticism of the ASCII logo; I actually spent a decent amount of time designing the block text logo =-) I wish that there hadn't been moronic politics over the beastie logo, as that does look a lot better, even if it is text. And text is still required for serial consoles. Scott