From: Stefan Reinauer <stepan@suse.de>
To: John Bradford <john@grabjohn.com>
Cc: Raphael Schmid <Raphael_Schmid@CUBUS.COM>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Bootscreen
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 14:16:43 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030128131643.GB23296@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200301281052.h0SAqW1n000148@darkstar.example.net>
* John Bradford <john@grabjohn.com> [030128 11:52]:
> > Yeah, these can be easily supressed, somewhere in arch/i386/boot/compressed
> >
> > Are you in effect saying that Linux is *not* reinitializing the display,
> > but the bootloader is?
>
> No.
>
> If you use the framebuffer, the kernel re-initialises the display when
> it boots.
In vesafb this is different. The video mode is set before 32bit mode is
entered, then the 32bit part of the kernel just assumes it can paint to
some memory found attached to the graphics device.
Still, for painting a bootsplash screen using fbcon, this does not
matter as all you need is the framebuffer memory.
Stefan
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2003-01-28 10:33 AW: AW: Bootscreen Raphael Schmid
2003-01-28 10:52 ` John Bradford
2003-01-28 13:16 ` Stefan Reinauer [this message]
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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 21:48 Bootscreen Balram Adlakha
2003-01-28 21:59 ` Bootscreen John Bradford
2003-01-29 14:46 ` Bootscreen Denis Vlasenko
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
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
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2003-01-28 11:05 ` Bootscreen Alex Riesen
2003-01-28 11:38 ` Bootscreen Jos Hulzink
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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