Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:59:29 +1100 From: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au> To: Marcel Moolenaar <xcllnt@mac.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> Subject: Re: /boot/loader graphics support & extensibility Message-ID: <20080221085929.GJ51095@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <1E2E2F4B-5169-42B4-AFFC-259B401F7F60@mac.com> References: <200802202008.m1KK8ZoJ008043@lurza.secnetix.de> <1E2E2F4B-5169-42B4-AFFC-259B401F7F60@mac.com>
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--8S1fMsFYqgBC+BN/ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 01:44:42PM -0800, Marcel Moolenaar wrote: >control over everything. On top of that, we can't use any >code in the loader from the kernel, so whatever support we >add, we need to add to the kernel too. We can't re-use the same executable bytes but, with care, we should be able to reuse some of the source code. > At least, I think >it's lame to support fancy graphics in the loader and then >not support at least the same in the kernel. If you raise >the bar for the loader, you also have to raise it for the >kernel. How else would the kernel be able to use the console? We already have splash(4) and can support a character-mode interface to a graphics-mode adapter. IMHO, the major reason for having graphics support in the kernel is KGI/GGI - which offers the possibility of being able to use DDB from X. >So, the question is: how important is it for the user to >be able to tweak it all. For GGI, quite important because the kernel is defining the X resolution. Whether that needs to be the same as the resolution used by the boot loader is a different question. --=20 Peter Jeremy Please excuse any delays as the result of my ISP's inability to implement an MTA that is either RFC2821-compliant or matches their claimed behaviour. --8S1fMsFYqgBC+BN/ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFHvT1x/opHv/APuIcRAhnrAKDED6Q1woXR1W1lV9cy2b7ivutEZgCeI3pm b7eQ5Z0ZYrzCZ/gt1J8hCpM= =zjEN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --8S1fMsFYqgBC+BN/--
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