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Date:      Wed, 29 Jun 2011 19:04:31 +0200
From:      Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no>
To:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: kern/143370: splash_txt ASCII splash screen module
Message-ID:  <20110629190431.e03ac76f.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no>
In-Reply-To: <BANLkTikEBa_SKJvOb8-SuNza_Dh158n4gQ@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <BANLkTikEBa_SKJvOb8-SuNza_Dh158n4gQ@mail.gmail.com>

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On Wed, 29 Jun 2011 22:50:15 +1000
Antony Mawer <lists@mawer.org> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> Not sure if this is the right place to post it -- about 6 years ago I
> put together a module which displays an ASCII splash screen on boot
> (rather than the graphical splash_pcx and splash_bmp modules). We have
> been running it in production since that time without issue.

So, the difference between this and loader.conf's loader_logo construct is that
a) this is a proper splash screen module
b) you can / must design your splash screen with a separate program (compared to write / modify Forth code)

Is my understanding correct?
-- 
Torfinn




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