From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 30 01:33:30 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 B7A77106564A for ; Thu, 30 Jun 2011 01:33:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhellenthal@gmail.com) Received: from mail-iy0-f182.google.com (mail-iy0-f182.google.com [209.85.210.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 77F298FC0C for ; Thu, 30 Jun 2011 01:33:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iyb11 with SMTP id 11so2105549iyb.13 for ; Wed, 29 Jun 2011 18:33:29 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=sender:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:content-transfer-encoding :in-reply-to; bh=LtSbdqxLSmPUl9eJ5JlPXuJtemFpTv37W8hJVNWFwaY=; b=IM49xWr7DZWs+SIq+Sjwu3Gqw1wyVAw/nk6/Iii2h/vi+Meih2KO0+x2s1ww26VDgR wLpcqqmdxlod4ALghw7mZF1rnFIDXQzYcPcBIQ4in722XkmlJoqjqHx5ZuZEmK4c/p2U QL/McoQLrE62tb25aEpai0M7qxdEceIQoqZmw= Received: by 10.42.155.74 with SMTP id t10mr1325724icw.527.1309397609785; Wed, 29 Jun 2011 18:33:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from DataIX.net (adsl-99-190-86-179.dsl.klmzmi.sbcglobal.net [99.190.86.179]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id d6sm1615182icx.1.2011.06.29.18.33.27 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 29 Jun 2011 18:33:28 -0700 (PDT) Sender: "J. Hellenthal" Received: from DataIX.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by DataIX.net (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id p5U1XO3f042305 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 29 Jun 2011 21:33:25 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jhell@DataIX.net) Received: (from jhell@localhost) by DataIX.net (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id p5U1XN2n042304; Wed, 29 Jun 2011 21:33:23 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jhell@DataIX.net) Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 21:33:23 -0400 From: jhell To: Torfinn Ingolfsen Message-ID: <20110630013323.GA41789@DataIX.net> References: <20110629190431.e03ac76f.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20110629190431.e03ac76f.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org 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: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 01:33:30 -0000 On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 07:04:31PM +0200, Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote: > 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? Sorry but I can never resist... Youve been running this in production... How often do these servers reboot ;¿ and is it to identify what is actually running on the machine so they are not confused with surrounding equipment ? Most admins that I know don't bother with things like splash screens on 'production' equipment because its irrelevant to the actual server usage and unneeded overhead since the actual boot messages prove much more useful than some random ascii or bmp/pcx. Again though my view of a production box/blade may be quite a bit different than your usage so all-in-all nice contribution, Im just that guy that doesn't waste time covering up usefulness.