Subject: Re: kern/33579: kernel boot query does not turn off the splash screen
To: None <kern-bug-people@netbsd.org, gnats-admin@netbsd.org,>
From: Chavdar Ivanov <ci4ic4@gmail.com>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 05/28/2006 23:10:03
The following reply was made to PR kern/33579; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: "Chavdar Ivanov" <ci4ic4@gmail.com>
To: gnats-bugs@netbsd.org
Cc: kern-bug-people@netbsd.org, gnats-admin@netbsd.org,
netbsd-bugs@netbsd.org
Subject: Re: kern/33579: kernel boot query does not turn off the splash screen
Date: Mon, 29 May 2006 00:09:19 +0100
On 5/28/06, Jared D. McNeill <jmcneill@invisible.ca> wrote:
> The following reply was made to PR kern/33579; it has been noted by GNATS=
.
>
> From: "Jared D. McNeill" <jmcneill@invisible.ca>
> To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
> Cc: kern-bug-people@netbsd.org, gnats-admin@netbsd.org,
> netbsd-bugs@netbsd.org
> Subject: Re: kern/33579: kernel boot query does not turn off the splash s=
creen
> Date: Sun, 28 May 2006 19:34:47 -0300
>
> ci4ic4@gmail.com wrote:
> > The required parameters - root device, swap, filesystem type and path =
to init - are not passed to the kernel and a queried during boot. If one ha=
s the VGA splash screen enabled, it does not get cleared when the query is =
being made and one has to blindly type the four responses.
> >
> Is this PR talking about the grub splash screen, or the NetBSD
> vesafb/SPLASHSCREEN code?
vesafb/SPLASHSCREEN
Here is the relevant section:
options SPLASHSCREEN
options SPLASHSCREEN_PROGRESS
options VESAFB_WIDTH=3D1400
options VESAFB_HEIGHT=3D1050
options VESAFB_DEPTH=3D16
vesabios* at vesabiosbus?
vesafb* at vesabios?
wsdisplay* at vesafb? console?
>
> Cheers,
> Jared
>
>
Chavdar