From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 31 06:07:03 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E6C08114 for ; Sat, 31 Jan 2015 06:07:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ig0-x231.google.com (mail-ig0-x231.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c05::231]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B2128FDC for ; Sat, 31 Jan 2015 06:07:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ig0-f177.google.com with SMTP id z20so7383398igj.4 for ; Fri, 30 Jan 2015 22:07:03 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=obKMTCadsqwplvciX61Y4EYj4XUsdgjgFfcYLmAyoGw=; b=MUcb4iSXOlXEJL8uGgE2hu6AWeRgGsfKnnVUxkrCyjsfRZyzAnpGkCHz1Q4pFvd6gy sLHneONmJsaBvPhR0k6P5NEqQmT86wqmz/8lHr3G6jmYks+kLk+Y1XARvVloHI+WMbmH hr0HC8xfrwHa3qAN440Kx7A5dciBrFeRg7zbviWJrJXbO1YCtniomHkoU1NFcXztaWN4 a1t+pxXgVuJnEEQqT5b31Twju1sryVWAsIOL1zTFAD/B/5o0iEbvRyLe2BnXIJgyQpQw hq6FKHYhTzIoyjeCAdI4qPQlDilIdAgLBVEkpn0mfDAO76QmvYoJYQQCZJrnwE6e/Asb 7Iwg== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.42.62.71 with SMTP id x7mr9470947ich.61.1422684422948; Fri, 30 Jan 2015 22:07:02 -0800 (PST) Sender: adrian.chadd@gmail.com Received: by 10.36.78.14 with HTTP; Fri, 30 Jan 2015 22:07:02 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2015 22:07:02 -0800 X-Google-Sender-Auth: CyMx90wQb5Ej_GwxwmugsJzSZzc Message-ID: Subject: resurrecting oliver fromme's graphical bootloader From: Adrian Chadd To: "freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2015 06:07:04 -0000 hi all, I resurrected oliver's graphical bootloader and shuffled the VGA code away into sys/boot/i386/libi386vga/ . https://github.com/erikarn/freebsd/tree/adrian_loader_graphics The menu side of things needs updating and re-integration into how the current beastie setup path works. I'd like to get this tidied up and pushed into HEAD so it can start getting some more exposure. I'd also like to write a generic FB graphics interface so we can use it on EFI and the raspberry pi. This is highly spare time, so I'd appreciate any help people can provide. Thanks! -adrian