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To: Drew Derbyshire <software@kew.com>
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Subject: Re: new console driver and LKM/KLD 
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Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 13:08:46 +0900
From: Kazutaka YOKOTA <yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp>
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>> pseudo-device   splash
>>
>> Note that `splash' is required if you intend to use screen savers or
>> splash screen.  (I forgot to mention this in the previous warning
>> message, sorry.)
>
>Stupid user question ...  are KLD's required for savers or the new splash
>screen?  I've got LKMs disabled on my production -STABLE machines for security
>reasons, it seems the only real function I lose are screen savers.  (I'd
>settle for the green saver to turn the console off.)

Yes.  Screen savers are KLD modules, just like before.  There is no
built-in screen savers.  Also, you need to preload a KLD image decoder
module and image data itself in order to have splash screen at start
up.

The pseudo-device splash implements necessary interface between the
console driver and KLD splash/saver modules; it's not a screen saver
itself.

Kazu

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