From: Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
To: Miguel Boton <waninkoko@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] logo: random logo selection option
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 00:44:32 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1252734272.31016.94.camel@calx> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200909120103.41128.mboton@gmail.com>
On Sat, 2009-09-12 at 01:03 +0200, Miguel Boton wrote:
> If we select more than one logo in the kernel configuration, only the 'latest' one gets
> displayed. Because of this the other logos do not ever have a chance to be displayed.
>
> This patch adds a selectable option to display a random logo during the bootup process.
> This way the kernel will be able to display any available logo, making the bootup process
> a little different every time ;)
[I foolishly read every LKML message with 'random' in the title..]
Bonus points if you add printing a fortune from a compiled-in fortune
database? Let's not do this, please. Our goal is instead to boot so fast
that such things aren't visible.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-09-12 5:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-09-11 23:03 [PATCH] logo: random logo selection option Miguel Boton
2009-09-12 5:44 ` Matt Mackall [this message]
2009-09-12 7:25 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
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