From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 6 07:11:38 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2365D1065672; Fri, 6 Feb 2009 07:11:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (unknown [IPv6:2a01:170:102f::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A6088FC0A; Fri, 6 Feb 2009 07:11:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n167BZwH048167; Fri, 6 Feb 2009 08:11:36 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from oliver.fromme@secnetix.de) Received: (from olli@localhost) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n167BZ9a048166; Fri, 6 Feb 2009 08:11:35 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from olli) Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 08:11:35 +0100 (CET) Message-Id: <200902060711.n167BZ9a048166@lurza.secnetix.de> From: Oliver Fromme To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, scottl@samsco.org In-Reply-To: <498BA5D5.4080100@samsco.org> X-Newsgroups: list.freebsd-current User-Agent: tin/1.8.3-20070201 ("Scotasay") (UNIX) (FreeBSD/6.4-PRERELEASE-20080904 (i386)) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.1.2 (lurza.secnetix.de [127.0.0.1]); Fri, 06 Feb 2009 08:11:36 +0100 (CET) Cc: Subject: Re: CFT: Graphics support for /boot/loader X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2009 07:11:38 -0000 Scott Long wrote: > Oliver Fromme wrote: > > [...] > > http://wiki.freebsd.org/OliverFromme/BootLoaderTest > > 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'm sorry, it wasn't my intention to disrespect your work. What I was trying to say is that ASCII graphics look old- fashioned in general. I wasn't actually picking on your rendition of the text logo in particular. Yeah, I noticed your smiley, but I agree that my wording on the wiki page was misleading, so I changed it. > 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. Absolutely. Text is also required for machines that aren't supported by the graphics code, or machines that don't have any graphics hardware at all. Don't worry, I'm not going to rip your ASCII logo out. :-) Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd "Being really good at C++ is like being really good at using rocks to sharpen sticks." -- Thant Tessman