From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 11 11:02:37 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 53BE61065680 for ; Wed, 11 Feb 2009 11:02:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ale@FreeBSD.org) Received: from andxor.it (relay.andxor.it [195.223.2.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 954878FC27 for ; Wed, 11 Feb 2009 11:02:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ale@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 19973 invoked from network); 11 Feb 2009 11:02:34 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ale.andxor.it) (192.168.2.5) by andxor.it with SMTP; 11 Feb 2009 11:02:34 -0000 Message-ID: <4992B049.30903@FreeBSD.org> Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 12:02:33 +0100 From: Alex Dupre User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (X11/20080929) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Oliver Fromme References: <200902061139.n16BdB6b058473@lurza.secnetix.de> In-Reply-To: <200902061139.n16BdB6b058473@lurza.secnetix.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG 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: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 11:02:38 -0000 Oliver Fromme ha scritto: > The problem is related to the fact that a 64bit kernel > cannot use VESA BIOS functions. You should be able to > use standard VGA modes though, which don't require VESA > support. Actually I cannot see any splash screen on amd64, at least on the machines I tried (most with ATI ES1000 cards), with a 320x200x8 bitmap. No problems with i386 (on the same machines). -- Alex Dupre