Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 19:17:08 +0000 From: "Wojciech A. Koszek" <wkoszek@freebsd.org> To: Seiya Nuta <nuta@seiya.me> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GSoC'14 proposal: a new bootsplash screen Message-ID: <20140318191708.GB37327@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <038860B8-7034-4AA7-A8F8-1A7AB4D7FB1C@seiya.me> References: <038860B8-7034-4AA7-A8F8-1A7AB4D7FB1C@seiya.me>
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On Sun, Mar 16, 2014 at 08:59:49PM +0900, Seiya Nuta wrote: > Hi, everyone > > I am Seiya Nuta, a university student in Japan and I’m going to submit a GSoC proposal. > > I want to develop a new bootsplash mechanism to add animation such as progress bar. > It eases concern whether it works on boot and enhances the attractiveness of FreeBSD > to desktop users. > > I’m willing to work on this even if my proposal is not accepted so I would like you to tell > me your frank opinion about my proposal. > > My proposal is as follows: > > Description: > I propose a new bootsplash mechanism. Currently, we can enable bootsplash by adding few > options such as `splash_bmp_load' to /boot/loader.conf but it only displays an image > file. I worry whether it works well on boot so I assume we need a new bootsplash which can > display animation: progress bar, loading circle ball. Themes are kernel modules and draw > images in two ways: direct drawing and layered drawing. Direct drawing is same as > splash_bmp; only draw an image. Layered drawing is a new way; stack images and text. It > also enables technique like CSS sprite. > > Deliverables: > - Implementation of bootsplash direct drawing / layered drawing > - Makefile and scripts for creating bootsplash themes > - Example themes > > Test Plan: > #1: > - write code in VM on VirtualBox > - `make` and copy generated kernel and modules to /boot > - launch .vdi of the VM with QEMU on host OS > - check output and dmesg > #2: > - `make buildinstall` on a real machine. > - boot it > - check output and dmesg > > Schedule: > Work Period #1 > - (May 19 - May 25) implement direct drawing > - (May 26 - June 8) add changes to src/sys > - (June 9 - June 15) write Makefile and scripts for creating themes > - (June 16 - June 22) create and enjoy a flip book in bootsplash using direct drawing > Work Period #2 > - (June 23 - June 29) print characters in a framebuffer > - (June 30 - July 20) implement layered drawing > - (July 21 - July 27) support layered drawing in scripts for creating themes > - (July 28 - 'pencils down' date) create themes > Seiya Nuta, Can you please submit this proposal over Google Melange? It's much easier to do project review/rating/adjustments for GSoC there. Thanks, -- Wojciech A. Koszek wkoszek@FreeBSD.czest.pl http://FreeBSD.czest.pl/~wkoszek/
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