From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jan 6 12:59:17 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id MAA20456 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 6 Jan 1998 12:59:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from smtp03.primenet.com (smtp03.primenet.com [206.165.6.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id MAA20451 for ; Tue, 6 Jan 1998 12:59:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tlambert@usr08.primenet.com) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by smtp03.primenet.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA00825; Tue, 6 Jan 1998 13:58:57 -0700 (MST) Received: from usr08.primenet.com(206.165.6.208) via SMTP by smtp03.primenet.com, id smtpd000779; Tue Jan 6 13:58:51 1998 Received: (from tlambert@localhost) by usr08.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id NAA10023; Tue, 6 Jan 1998 13:58:37 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert Message-Id: <199801062058.NAA10023@usr08.primenet.com> Subject: Re: Splash screen (splashkit) for 3.0 systems... To: mike@smith.net.au (Mike Smith) Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 20:58:37 +0000 (GMT) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199801061303.XAA00382@word.smith.net.au> from "Mike Smith" at Jan 6, 98 11:33:39 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk > Before bundling and releasing this (or just plastering it into -current > 8) I'm looking for: > > - Testers. Naturally, I need people to find my bugs. 8) > > - A better image format. The DIB (.BMP) format is relatively easy to > work with, but a 320x200x8 image runs the best part of 64k, which is > slow to load from floppy and wastes valuable core. ... > Comments? Actually, I'd suggest sticking with the format Windows 95 uses; that would let you use all of the splash screens that people have made for Windows 95. I kind of like the idea of being able to use the color cycle animations, as well... maybe next rev? Also, you might want to consider delaying until ELF kernels; that would let you put the image in an ELF section. Alternately, put a file called "bootimage" (or whatever) in "/" where the boot help resides, and read it out of the FS. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.