From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 11 03:16:11 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 956E5106566B for ; Wed, 11 Feb 2009 03:16:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@mawer.org) Received: from outbound.icp-qv1-irony-out1.iinet.net.au (outbound.icp-qv1-irony-out1.iinet.net.au [203.59.1.108]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 168E18FC12 for ; Wed, 11 Feb 2009 03:16:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@mawer.org) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AkkBALjKkUnLzq3r/2dsb2JhbAAIw04Ij2WCXAiBNgY X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.38,189,1233500400"; d="scan'208";a="452454665" Received: from unknown (HELO [10.24.1.1]) ([203.206.173.235]) by outbound.icp-qv1-irony-out1.iinet.net.au with ESMTP; 11 Feb 2009 11:47:05 +0900 Message-ID: <49923B2F.2080804@mawer.org> Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:42:55 +1100 From: Antony Mawer User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (Windows/20081209) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG, shuvaev@physik.uni-wuerzburg.de References: <200902100908.n1A989IJ034744@lurza.secnetix.de> In-Reply-To: <200902100908.n1A989IJ034744@lurza.secnetix.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 03:55:01 +0000 Cc: Subject: Re: CFT: Graphics support for /boot/loader X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 03:16:11 -0000 Oliver Fromme wrote: > Also take into account that this is "only" a boot screen. > Most people will see it only for a few seconds. > > Regarding your question about VGA modes: > > Standard VGA supports at most 640x480 at 4 bits and 320x200 > at 8 bits. So that's the common denominator. Hi Oliver, Do you know if it would be hard to modify splash(4) to supports 640x480 4-bit images? At the moment, according to the man page: "If the standard VGA video mode is used, the size of the bitmap must be 320x200 or less." I would find a 640x480 image with a custom 16 colour palette and appropriate dithering much more attractive than the current 320x200 but with 256 colours offering (ignoring VESA, which seems to have varied levels of support). At the moment, a 640x480 4-bit image is just gives me a blank screen unless I load the VESA module (and on a VESA capable machine) If you have any suggestions then I am willing to try patches! Cheers Antony