From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 26 07:08:42 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC28C16A4CE for ; Wed, 26 May 2004 07:08:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from web90104.mail.scd.yahoo.com (web90104.mail.scd.yahoo.com [66.218.94.75]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 94DCE43D41 for ; Wed, 26 May 2004 07:08:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from urgaolong@yahoo.com) Message-ID: <20040526140706.71381.qmail@web90104.mail.scd.yahoo.com> Received: from [61.187.54.13] by web90104.mail.scd.yahoo.com via HTTP; Wed, 26 May 2004 15:07:06 BST Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 15:07:06 +0100 (BST) From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Gao=20Long?= To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: dancing with the daemon X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 14:08:42 -0000 I used the splash module which to splash a picture at boot time . As I am not so satisfied with it , I want to animate it : give it a movie at boot time. It need some extra work than just load the splash module . first , it need a cold boot timer , as the soft clock interrupt will not be scheduled at cold boot time . second , we need to load more than one pictures at boot time. and finally we have to start and stop it at any time we wanted. while , I am sure now I have proved it is pratical , I let the kernel execute the soft clock interrupt handler function at cold boot time . and splashed two different pictures at boot time , letting the daemon walked a little :) without any twinkled delay , even when not optimised now. There are still some things to do to accomplish it , it there any one who is already doing it ? Or could I get any kind of suggestions ? --------------------------------- Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now