[PATCH] fbdev logo (fwd)

[PATCH] fbdev logo (fwd)

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

FYI...

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Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 21:01:41 +0200 (CEST)
From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Subject: [PATCH] fbdev logo

	Hi Linus,

This patch fixes a few bugs in the penguin logo code of the fbdev (frame buffer
device) subsystem:

  - Technical fixes:
      o The colors of the 16-color penguin logo are wrong. The logo looks like
        a psychedelic penguin holding a glass of beer (or LSD?). This is caused
	by a bug fix in the console subsystem that no longer allows us to use
	an old color palette hack. This problem is ca. 9 months old!
	Solution: replace the logo by a new one that uses colors from the
	standard console palette only.
      o Remove an obsolete #include.
      o Remove an obsolete logo file in drivers/char/sgi/ (it was removed from
        the Linux/MIPS CVS tree some months ago).
      o Use __HAVE_ARCH_LINUX_LOGO* defines to determine logo inclusion in the
        include files.
  
  - Political fixes:
      o There were still some penguins left carrying a glass of beer or wine.
        This problem is about 2 years old!

  - Aesthetical fixes:
      o Upgrade the logos to an anti-aliased variant with pleasant halo-effect.

Some of these fixes are already in Alan's tree. I'll make sure he gets a copy
of the patch relative to his tree, and will post this message to linux-kernel
(with a link to the patch).

You can find a table showing the old and new logos at my web page:

    http://home.tvd.be/cr26864/Linux/fbdev/logo.html

Thanks for applying this patch!

    [ patch removed, look at the web page ]

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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Re: [PATCH] fbdev logo (fwd)

[Martin Dalecki]

>   - Political fixes:
>       o There were still some penguins left carrying a glass of beer or wine.
>         This problem is about 2 years old!

Could You please for the sake of political correctness just replace
the beer with a glass of vodka please... It tastes better anyway!

Re: [PATCH] fbdev logo (fwd)

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Thu, 10 May 2001, Martin Dalecki wrote:
> >   - Political fixes:
> >       o There were still some penguins left carrying a glass of beer or wine.
> >         This problem is about 2 years old!
> 
> Could You please for the sake of political correctness just replace
> the beer with a glass of vodka please... It tastes better anyway!

No. End of discussion.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

P.S. Personally I do prefer vodka too. Can we get some sponsoring from Absolut
     please? :-)
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Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org

In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
							    -- Linus Torvalds

Re: [PATCH] fbdev logo (fwd)

[Dr. Kelsey Hudson]

On Thu, 10 May 2001, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>   - Political fixes:
>       o There were still some penguins left carrying a glass of beer or wine.
>         This problem is about 2 years old!

I still don't understand why the penguin holding beer/wine was wrong...

 Kelsey Hudson                                           khudson@ctica.com
 Software Engineer
 Compendium Technologies, Inc                               (619) 725-0771
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Re: [PATCH] fbdev logo (fwd)

[Disconnect]

Ditto - I'd like at least an option of the "incorrect" logo.  I can
(sorta) see not having it as the default.  But perhaps under the
'experimental drivers' tag, have an option of "Politically incorrect
framebuffer logo".  (If there isn't a huge outcry against it, I may work
up a patch - been meaning to get into kernel stuff, and this seems
relatively harmless.)

On Fri, 25 May 2001, Dr. Kelsey Hudson did have cause to say:

> On Thu, 10 May 2001, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> >   - Political fixes:
> >       o There were still some penguins left carrying a glass of beer or wine.
> >         This problem is about 2 years old!
> 
> I still don't understand why the penguin holding beer/wine was wrong...
> 
>  Kelsey Hudson                                           khudson@ctica.com
>  Software Engineer
>  Compendium Technologies, Inc                               (619) 725-0771
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Re: [PATCH] fbdev logo (fwd)

[Jörn Nettingsmeier]

why not make the preferred beverage a compile-time option ?
this would make a nice menu in the framebuffer section...

CONFIG_FB_LOGO
CONFIG_FB_LOGO_BEER
CONFIG_FB_LOGO_WINE
CONFIG_FB_LOGO_VODKA
CONFIG_FB_LOGO_MILK  (for the sake of political correctness, this
should be the default)
CONFIG_FB_LOGO_CIGAR
CONFIG_FB_LOGO_MD5   

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