On Tue, 23 Sep 2008 08:04:52 -0600, Jordan Crouse jordan.crouse@amd.com wrote:
On 23/09/08 04:47 -0700, ron minnich wrote:
I need some help with getting a splashscreen up. This is a short deadline,, I am looking to have coreboot boot and show this screen for, say, 5 seconds. I need it working by oct. 20.
If anyone has pointers on where to start in learning how to set this up, I would appreciate it.
It needs to be on real hardware -- I might try it with a DBE62 if I can get one in time, or and ADL board if not.
Libpayload could do what you need. For Geode, this isn't a problem, a few extra lines of code and you are there. I've been meaning all along to implement this, but I have been holding off since we didn't have a VESA driver, and I am pretty serious about keeping balance in libpayload (we all love Geode, but I want to make sure everybody can play).
So Geode can do a splash screen really easily - VESA would require a driver, but in the end that wouldn't be such a bad thing since I've
been
saying we've needed a VESA driver for some time now.
Let me know if this interests you, and I'll give more details.
I think this sounds like an awsome idea, GO JORDAN :-)