From owner-freebsd-wip-status@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 6 16:50:33 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-wip-status@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F2906106566B for ; Fri, 6 Feb 2009 16:50:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (unknown [IPv6:2a01:170:102f::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 743608FC26 for ; Fri, 6 Feb 2009 16:50:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n16GoVip072905; Fri, 6 Feb 2009 17:50:32 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from oliver.fromme@secnetix.de) Received: (from olli@localhost) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n16GoVbx072904; Fri, 6 Feb 2009 17:50:31 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from olli) Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 17:50:31 +0100 (CET) Message-Id: <200902061650.n16GoVbx072904@lurza.secnetix.de> From: Oliver Fromme To: freebsd-wip-status@FreeBSD.ORG X-Newsgroups: list.freebsd-wip-status User-Agent: tin/1.8.3-20070201 ("Scotasay") (UNIX) (FreeBSD/6.4-PRERELEASE-20080904 (i386)) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.1.2 (lurza.secnetix.de [127.0.0.1]); Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:50:32 +0100 (CET) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 06 Feb 2009 18:22:19 +0000 Cc: Subject: Graphics support for /boot/loader X-BeenThere: freebsd-wip-status@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Work-In-Progress Status List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:50:34 -0000 Hi, Since I started working on graphics support for our boot loader, quite a few people have expressed interest in helping me to test the code. So I finally got around to prepared a tarball containing a loader binary for public testing. If you are eager to give it a try, please feel free to do so. It should work with any FreeBSD version on i386 and amd64 platforms. I have posted detailed instructions on the FreeBSD wiki: http://wiki.freebsd.org/OliverFromme/BootLoaderTest Feedback is welcome. Either mail me privately, or discuss in public on the -hackers mailing list. Known problems so far: - The first row of pixels is rendered incorrectly. Already fixed in my local source tree. - On CRT monitors you get a red border on the screen. Will be fixed. - Booting via PXE (pxeboot) doesn't work. Currently being investigated. - The design and layout of the text (menu etc.) is not final yet. This will change. Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd "anyone new to programming should be kept as far from C++ as possible; actually showing the stuff should be considered a criminal offence" -- Jacek Generowicz