From: John Bradford <john@grabjohn.com>
To: b_adlakha@softhome.net (Balram Adlakha)
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Bootscreen
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 21:59:25 +0000 (GMT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200301282159.h0SLxPk7003050@darkstar.example.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200301290318.20817.b_adlakha@softhome.net> from "Balram Adlakha" at Jan 29, 2003 03:18:20 AM
> though i have recently subscribed to this list (OMG, 30 mails/hour!), I've
> read the whole thread about this bootscreen thing... I see absolutely _no_
> reason why it should not be included in the kernel configuration, since there
> are patches available already to make it work, and there are already soo many
> useless options that adding another won't make a difference...
Many old options are also removed, though.
> I don't think adding the option to the kernel configuration would do any
> harm...exept that the kernel source may get enlarged by (200 kb?), and the
> kernel source gets enlarged every day anyway... 2.5 is HUGE compared to
> 2.2...
That's partly because it's a development tree. There are big efforts
to trim it down as much as possible.
I don't see any real advantage to putting in to the mainstream kernel
something which can be achieved easily with a custom bootloader, and
kernel options.
John.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-01-28 21:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 88+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-01-28 21:48 Bootscreen Balram Adlakha
2003-01-28 21:59 ` John Bradford [this message]
2003-01-29 14:46 ` Bootscreen Denis Vlasenko
2003-01-29 15:31 ` Bootscreen [had to throw in 2 cents worth, sorry] Rob Wilkens
2003-01-29 16:31 ` Jan-Benedict Glaw
2003-01-29 16:52 ` Bootscreen [had to throw in 0.2 " Herman Oosthuysen
2003-01-29 19:45 ` LKML I/O scheduling (was Re: Bootscreen [had to throw in 2 cents worth, sorry]) Alex Bligh - linux-kernel
2003-01-29 19:52 ` Bootscreen Balram Adlakha
2003-01-30 6:53 ` Bootscreen Denis Vlasenko
2003-01-30 10:18 ` Bootscreen Bernd Eckenfels
2003-01-30 10:39 ` Bootscreen Helge Hafting
2003-01-30 13:54 ` Bootscreen Stefan Reinauer
2003-01-29 15:09 ` Bootscreen Horst von Brand
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2003-01-29 13:59 Bootscreen Raphael Schmid
2003-01-29 8:35 Bootscreen Raphael Schmid
2003-01-29 17:53 ` Bootscreen Arador
2003-01-29 8:30 Bootscreen Raphael Schmid
2003-01-28 14:11 AW: Bootscreen Raphael Schmid
2003-01-28 14:26 ` John Bradford
2003-01-28 14:48 ` Bootscreen Stefan Reinauer
2003-01-28 14:29 ` AW: Bootscreen Robert Morris
2003-01-28 14:59 ` Bootscreen Stefan Reinauer
2003-01-28 14:34 ` Bootscreen jeff millar
2003-01-28 14:40 ` Bootscreen John Bradford
2003-01-28 16:41 ` Bootscreen Valdis.Kletnieks
2003-01-28 13:13 Bootscreen Raphael Schmid
2003-01-28 14:35 ` Bootscreen Xavier Bestel
2003-01-30 7:25 ` Bootscreen Pavel Machek
2003-01-31 17:40 ` Bootscreen Jörn Engel
2003-01-31 17:45 ` Bootscreen Pavel Machek
[not found] <398E93A81CC5D311901600A0C9F29289469376@cubuss2>
2003-01-28 11:05 ` Bootscreen Alex Riesen
2003-01-28 11:38 ` Bootscreen Jos Hulzink
2003-01-28 10:33 AW: AW: Bootscreen Raphael Schmid
2003-01-28 10:52 ` John Bradford
2003-01-28 13:16 ` Bootscreen Stefan Reinauer
2003-01-28 9:01 Bootscreen Raphael Schmid
2003-01-28 9:52 ` Bootscreen John Bradford
2003-01-28 10:49 ` Bootscreen DervishD
2003-01-28 11:20 ` Bootscreen Robert Morris
2003-01-28 11:44 ` Bootscreen John Bradford
2003-01-28 11:48 ` Bootscreen Wichert Akkerman
2003-01-28 12:15 ` Bootscreen Robert Morris
2003-01-28 12:55 ` Bootscreen Alan Cox
2003-01-28 13:09 ` Bootscreen Wichert Akkerman
2003-01-28 13:47 ` Bootscreen Alan Cox
2003-01-28 14:06 ` Bootscreen John Bradford
2003-01-28 14:14 ` Bootscreen Richard B. Tilley (Brad)
2003-01-28 14:33 ` Bootscreen Robert Morris
2003-01-28 14:32 ` Bootscreen Wichert Akkerman
2003-01-28 14:45 ` Bootscreen Jos Hulzink
2003-01-28 14:47 ` Bootscreen Wichert Akkerman
2003-01-28 14:57 ` Bootscreen Richard B. Tilley (Brad)
2003-01-28 14:58 ` Bootscreen Wichert Akkerman
2003-01-28 15:07 ` Bootscreen Richard B. Tilley (Brad)
2003-01-28 15:14 ` Bootscreen Wichert Akkerman
2003-01-28 15:20 ` Bootscreen Richard B. Tilley (Brad)
2003-01-28 15:25 ` Bootscreen Wichert Akkerman
2003-01-29 10:19 ` Bootscreen Horst von Brand
2003-01-28 15:05 ` Bootscreen Alan Cox
2003-01-28 15:06 ` Bootscreen John Bradford
2003-01-28 14:53 ` Bootscreen Oliver Neukum
2003-01-28 13:22 ` Bootscreen Jos Hulzink
2003-01-28 14:35 ` Bootscreen Rogier Wolff
2003-01-28 12:08 ` Bootscreen Robert Morris
2003-01-28 12:17 ` Bootscreen John Bradford
2003-01-28 14:15 ` Bootscreen Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk
2003-01-28 18:46 ` Bootscreen H. Peter Anvin
2003-01-29 9:13 ` Bootscreen Horst von Brand
2003-01-29 9:35 ` Bootscreen Xavier Bestel
2003-01-29 13:19 ` Bootscreen Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk
2003-01-28 13:32 ` Bootscreen Stefan Reinauer
2003-01-28 13:46 ` Bootscreen Robert Morris
2003-01-28 14:38 ` Bootscreen Stefan Reinauer
2003-01-28 13:52 ` Bootscreen Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk
2003-01-29 8:06 ` Bootscreen Zwane Mwaikambo
2003-01-29 13:17 ` Bootscreen Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk
2003-01-29 15:48 ` Bootscreen Zwane Mwaikambo
2003-01-28 13:55 ` Bootscreen John Bradford
2003-01-28 14:28 ` Bootscreen Wichert Akkerman
2003-01-28 14:43 ` Bootscreen John Bradford
2003-01-28 14:45 ` Bootscreen Wichert Akkerman
2003-01-28 17:15 ` Bootscreen Valdis.Kletnieks
2003-01-28 12:10 ` Bootscreen Stefan Reinauer
2003-01-28 14:50 ` Bootscreen Alan Cox
2003-01-28 15:07 ` Bootscreen Stefan Reinauer
2003-01-28 15:09 ` Bootscreen John Bradford
2003-01-28 17:41 ` Bootscreen Erik Mouw
2003-01-28 20:11 ` Bootscreen Arador
2003-01-28 21:13 ` Bootscreen Bernd Eckenfels
2003-01-28 17:48 ` Bootscreen Martin J. Bligh
2003-01-28 19:24 ` Bootscreen Ingo Oeser
2003-01-28 18:13 ` Bootscreen Aaron Lehmann
2003-01-28 18:21 ` Bootscreen Prasad
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