Hello Ronald,
Tuesday, March 18, 2003, 11:07:34 PM, you wrote:
RGM> can we get a second sis 630 person to test this? Just for double check.
I also created another two patches: 1. Adds an IDE_SPINUP_DELAY option (defaults to 2 seconds, just as it is now). Good for IDE DiskOnModule (flash) machines that do not need to wait for a flash to spin-up :) It also replaces the unmeaningful "This is a hard coded delay" message with "IDE Spin-Up Delay". 2. Adds a CUSTOM_GREETING option to allow replacing the standard "LinuxBIOS-{version}{extraversion} {build} {booting}" message with a custom greeting "{custom_greeting} {build} {booting}"
The patches are tested and work fine for me. Do you want me to send them in?
What I would also like to add is some meaningful message before that myriad of dots starts appearing (the kernel loading process I mean). It would be nice to say "Loading kernel:" and then start printing dots. However, I don't know what is the best place for that code. Any suggestions?