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Date:      Wed, 11 Feb 2009 12:02:33 +0100
From:      Alex Dupre <ale@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: CFT: Graphics support for /boot/loader
Message-ID:  <4992B049.30903@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <200902061139.n16BdB6b058473@lurza.secnetix.de>
References:  <200902061139.n16BdB6b058473@lurza.secnetix.de>

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Oliver Fromme ha scritto:
> The problem is related to the fact that a 64bit kernel
> cannot use VESA BIOS functions.  You should be able to
> use standard VGA modes though, which don't require VESA
> support.

Actually I cannot see any splash screen on amd64, at least on the 
machines I tried (most with ATI ES1000 cards), with a 320x200x8 bitmap. 
No problems with i386 (on the same machines).

-- 
Alex Dupre



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