Subject: Re: RFC: vesafb, splash screen, and rasops shadowfb patch
To: Jared D.McNeill <jmcneill@invisible.ca>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@shagadelic.org>
List: tech-kern
Date: 02/15/2006 12:56:20
On Feb 15, 2006, at 11:31 AM, Jared D. McNeill wrote:

> On Tue, 14 Feb 2006, Jason Thorpe wrote:
>> Yes, I understand that only the first item is analogous to what  
>> you have provided so far :-)  That said, I think an animated  
>> sprite of some sort during the kernel part would be better than a  
>> progress bar... perhaps something like (use your imagination here ;-)
>
> How do you like this? :
>
>  http://www.invisible.ca/~jmcneill/netbsd/vesa/splashboot3.mpg

I'd like it a lot better if I knew what I could play it with :-)   
(Quicktime doesn't understand the format of that file, nor does  
MPlayer).

-- thorpej