Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 17:50:31 +0100 (CET) From: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> To: freebsd-wip-status@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Graphics support for /boot/loader Message-ID: <200902061650.n16GoVbx072904@lurza.secnetix.de>
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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
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