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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] [announce 0/7] fbsplash - The Framebuffer Splash
Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 22:47:56 +0000
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To: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
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On Wed, Mar 09, 2005 at 12:38:42PM +0100, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> > > Fbsplash - The Framebuffer Splash - is a feature that allows displaying
> > > images in the background of consoles that use fbcon. The project is
> > > partially descended from bootsplash. 
> > 
> > What are you trying to do exactly? I really don't see the point of this 
> > patch.
> 
> At least some Debians,

While there might be a kernel-patch-bootsplash package in Debian none of
the shipped binary kernels use this.

And there's a kernel-patch- package for just about every piece of random
junk.