* Peter Stuge stuge-linuxbios@cdy.org [070318 17:20]:
Sounds like an idea. I would definately not want it compiled in unless I choose it in Kconfig though.
Yes, definitely.
But one option for which mode, and another for the graphics file would be good.
Yes. The picture should be selectable via Kconfig.
For the architecture, I think it should be possible to just add a picture to the lar.
We'd want to convert the image to raw and repack with lzma instead, rather than include a png decoder in ROM, right?
For the Kernel bootsplash, a guy at SUSE wrote a jpeg decoder in roughly 8k. That plus a jpeg will be smaller than a lzmaed raw image in almost all cases.
- Maybe the bootloader should take care?
What do you think? I really don't know.
How does GRUB2 feel about it?
If it's a seperate stage, grub2 (linuxbios version) might want to know how to switch it off anyways. But making it a seperate stage would for sure be a good idea as nobody feels offended by having to maintain that graphics stuff "in their stage" :-)
PS: Could you test the TIMER2/RESET patch on your EPIA and ack if it works?
Oh yes, sorry it takes me so long. Will do so asap.