From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 27 02:36:21 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D7002845 for ; Fri, 27 Feb 2015 02:36:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qg0-x230.google.com (mail-qg0-x230.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400d:c04::230]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 82132E7B for ; Fri, 27 Feb 2015 02:36:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qg0-f48.google.com with SMTP id q107so877647qgd.7 for ; Thu, 26 Feb 2015 18:36:20 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:mime-version :content-type; bh=IBNNS2adtOLSD2Uv+qbwqGBea/BvbJMSTggXdU5MX7M=; b=lGdcHx2J3l3TtE/8KbXozjyJBepjE+kZUJ9H/W93GCoYsqXVwEbYkELczEnex2P6AR CCGT+KELzItKQrA6tLgNNxitNfRDK0NquK1ByByNEjcMyPBejmDkSFTLZtGXblWUsAVi dZjd8TnxMUUTveDrt7TVAqDvuLkVq0x2MfuCuw8WBBp0Wo9qXG0yJ12696nkwkAwHFAG 89nf/Nx5KBhd5ABAg1a5pTIF2tS89Pgj+JgwT6nH7eZALtcKi30uVhtA+geNFO6hrIAF WAqHQt44eFK+KJzON59GfYrPxhh5a418gGi88Rs/ZNm+epGYrNCkRu6T51xwHJRJo34p RmYg== X-Received: by 10.140.102.170 with SMTP id w39mr23458313qge.100.1425004580441; Thu, 26 Feb 2015 18:36:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from lapsdeb (207-172-207-96.c3-0.upd-ubr1.trpr-upd.pa.cable.rcn.com. [207.172.207.96]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id 75sm1828737qhy.1.2015.02.26.18.36.19 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Thu, 26 Feb 2015 18:36:19 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2015 21:36:07 -0500 From: Stephen R Guglielmo To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why all the fancy ASCII art in the boot loader? Message-ID: <20150226213607.49d8ef4b@lapsdeb> In-Reply-To: <20150227015057.4E2F3C0431@smtp.hushmail.com> References: <20150222164422.D89FCA0168@smtp.hushmail.com> <20150222175145.6b2cb583.freebsd@edvax.de> <20150227015057.4E2F3C0431@smtp.hushmail.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.11.1 (GTK+ 2.24.25; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; boundary="Sig_/XJcxCwCs.eNAgiOJRjf4Ylt"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2015 02:36:22 -0000 --Sig_/XJcxCwCs.eNAgiOJRjf4Ylt Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 27 Feb 2015 01:50:57 +0000 opendaddy@hushmail.com wrote: > Hi, >=20 > On 22. februar 2015 at 4:43 PM, "Polytropon" wrote: > > > >On Sun, 22 Feb 2015 16:44:22 +0000, opendaddy@hushmail.com wrote: > >> Hello! > >>=20 > >> Why all the fancy ASCII art in the boot loader? Every time I boot > >> I'm distracted by it. Feels like I'm reading an 80s e-zine. > >>=20 > >> Can't we be more like OpenBSD and keep things simple? > >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KISS_principle > > > >FreeBSD's configuration mechanism for the boot loader > >easily allows that. :-) > > >=20 > That is all good, however, why does this stuff have to be there in > the first place? Just seems a bit unprofessional that's all. >=20 I rather enjoy the ASCII art. Look at the grub bootloader on linux. I think the FreeBSD bootloader is exactly as simple as it needs to be. Obviously you need to provide for options such as custom booting, alternate kernels, ACPI, and whatnot. I would say more about this topic, but it doesn't matter what color the bikeshed is. --Sig_/XJcxCwCs.eNAgiOJRjf4Ylt Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJU79ghAAoJEA8nk/BQet6LhcgQAK3C6l20EJ/C3UAhU2+I3udD L0HbTqH6si23HlEn3kDxQrGGl28p7Wcfd9VstN/kVUnhSvEV/pyVcBF5LxKodbpS 42v9fivQhY6VOMIGCFdqn6bDKjA6fyvyIAS7i/NRhhKKFTJQWJWkPjzXcpK0WrqE oZ2eC+FXYWB5WwAc2VzKZmk/bG8owDwwtLD6dy2DfXDH1rtkgXX9xVWBeSrvkAjJ Gs2FTadZEi6JBbQoQiRfx6T2vh/hBemIZ97DC9CPFCH7XF1Xim1gW7oK+2PoUuck ZgFrJk6gzanOm6L0GXNl/CG7Ad3iDT6Fo2WIo07O7mivm2rTIcCefBJBlcq/vxBa VwguCA4HVvkoSde1pnGabodIWIdYtozY9ePZAfIpyk6R8QncMa4AFgAqPO5Lj5I6 L3lVX1GS3/31SeA4OFYu+oh7feByO3rtFCWj6Hte5vZ6vA99Dl2jXidcj0N54+su zo9Q+5iz0J3QJDUdUhEP/GqW7VzY57azuTyb1GrxJxkyn1L4zokueeRfl7wiQ8yu VjopXlTmHu4yEohr5uZzbIWY8NrRLAAlETe0ZBJ7OfuGDhmWwYRAw6Pue7PzJtU8 Oq3hQ6Xu5WWFJ8LyE/JLdurQMgSKqghqYgTU7mFAUeSOmpkpcXLwpnAqfWE6ATUh iX1D5IaRKnICnzcuc1vb =+tq8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/XJcxCwCs.eNAgiOJRjf4Ylt--