From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 29 17:04:40 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 95275106566B for ; Wed, 29 Jun 2011 17:04:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no) Received: from eterpe-smout.broadpark.no (eterpe-smout.broadpark.no [80.202.8.16]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5159F8FC13 for ; Wed, 29 Jun 2011 17:04:40 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Received: from ignis-smin.broadpark.no ([80.202.8.11]) by eterpe-smout.broadpark.no (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u3-15.01 64bit (built Feb 12 2010)) with ESMTP id <0LNK00HJBA3K8A80@eterpe-smout.broadpark.no> for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Wed, 29 Jun 2011 19:04:32 +0200 (CEST) Received: from kg-v2.kg4.no ([80.203.92.230]) by ignis-smin.broadpark.no (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u3-15.01 64bit (built Feb 12 2010)) with SMTP id <0LNK001FIA3KG8N0@ignis-smin.broadpark.no> for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Wed, 29 Jun 2011 19:04:32 +0200 (CEST) Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 19:04:31 +0200 From: Torfinn Ingolfsen To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Message-id: <20110629190431.e03ac76f.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> In-reply-to: References: X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.0 (GTK+ 2.22.1; amd64-portbld-freebsd8.1) X-Face: "t9w2,-X@O^I`jVW\sonI3.,36KBLZE*AL[y9lL[PyFD*r_S:dIL9c[8Y>V42R0"!"yb_zN,f#%.[PYYNq; m"_0v; ~rUM2Yy!zmkh)3&U|u!=T(zyv,MHJv"nDH>OJ`t(@mil461d_B'Uo|'nMwlKe0Mv=kvV?Nh@>Hb<3s_z2jYgZhPb@?Wi^x1a~Hplz1.zH Subject: Re: kern/143370: splash_txt ASCII splash screen module X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 17:04:40 -0000 On Wed, 29 Jun 2011 22:50:15 +1000 Antony Mawer 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