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bootsplash for netbsd?
Mayuresh Kathe
2014-09-25 14:28:03 UTC
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hello,

perhaps my googling skills are bad, but i couldn't find a way
to present a bootsplash under netbsd.

does it exist?
if it does, where may i find more information about it's usage?

thanks,

-mayuresh
Roy Bixler
2014-09-25 17:18:05 UTC
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Post by Mayuresh Kathe
perhaps my googling skills are bad, but i couldn't find a way
to present a bootsplash under netbsd.
does it exist?
if it does, where may i find more information about it's usage?
It is under the GENERIC kernel configuration of NetBSD-6.1.4:

# enable splash screen support; requires genfb or radeonfb
#options SPLASHSCREEN

It looks like, at minimum, you have to build your own kernel with that
option enabled. I've never tried it, so I don't know what other
requirements there might be to make it work.

I did find a blog posting that might be useful though:

http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/bx/blosxom.cgi/index.front?-tags=vesa
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Roy Bixler <***@nyx.net>
"The fundamental principle of science, the definition almost, is this: the
sole test of the validity of any idea is experiment."
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Mayuresh Kathe
2014-09-25 17:36:29 UTC
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Post by Roy Bixler
Post by Mayuresh Kathe
perhaps my googling skills are bad, but i couldn't find a way
to present a bootsplash under netbsd.
does it exist?
if it does, where may i find more information about it's usage?
# enable splash screen support; requires genfb or radeonfb
#options SPLASHSCREEN
It looks like, at minimum, you have to build your own kernel with that
option enabled. I've never tried it, so I don't know what other
requirements there might be to make it work.
http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/bx/blosxom.cgi/index.front?-tags=vesa
many thanks roy, the pointers are quite useful.

~mayuresh

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