From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 30 02:47:47 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 1AC0C1065672 for ; Thu, 30 Jun 2011 02:47:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@mawer.org) Received: from mail-bw0-f54.google.com (mail-bw0-f54.google.com [209.85.214.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A5C5F8FC0C for ; Thu, 30 Jun 2011 02:47:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwa20 with SMTP id 20so2162601bwa.13 for ; Wed, 29 Jun 2011 19:47:45 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.14.18 with SMTP id e18mr1319679bka.175.1309402065146; Wed, 29 Jun 2011 19:47:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.204.63.71 with HTTP; Wed, 29 Jun 2011 19:47:45 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20110630013323.GA41789@DataIX.net> References: <20110629190431.e03ac76f.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <20110630013323.GA41789@DataIX.net> Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 12:47:45 +1000 Message-ID: From: Antony Mawer To: jhell Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: Torfinn Ingolfsen , 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 02:47:47 -0000 On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 11:33 AM, jhell wrote: > Youve been running this in production... How often do these servers > reboot ;=BF 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. They're embedded-style server systems at remote client sites, about 1200 of them. The splash module is just a visual "nicety" which is displayed during startup - at least providing some feedback as to what the system is doing. These are systems aimed at a non-tech audience, so those "niceties" count. The alternative to that was either standard kernel messages during boot, or a silent boot, both of which tend to confuse the crap out of non-tech end users. -- Antony