Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2009 19:52:05 -0700 From: Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> To: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CFT: Graphics support for /boot/loader Message-ID: <498BA5D5.4080100@samsco.org> In-Reply-To: <200902052218.n15MIaEa026891@lurza.secnetix.de> References: <200902052218.n15MIaEa026891@lurza.secnetix.de>
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Oliver Fromme wrote: > Hello fellow hackers, > > Some of you might remember that I'm working on graphics > support for our /boot/loader. Unfortunately, progress has > been rather slow because of non-FreeBSD-related activity. > > Anyway, I have now prepared a tarball containing a loader > binary for public testing. If you are eager to give it a > try, please feel free to do so. It should work with any > FreeBSD version on i386 and amd64 platforms. > > I have posted detailed instructions on the FreeBSD wiki: > > http://wiki.freebsd.org/OliverFromme/BootLoaderTest > > Any kind of feedback is welcome. > I think that this is really neat, you've done an impressive job with it good job. However, I do take issue with your criticism of the ASCII logo; I actually spent a decent amount of time designing the block text logo =-) I wish that there hadn't been moronic politics over the beastie logo, as that does look a lot better, even if it is text. And text is still required for serial consoles. Scott
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