[Splashy-devel] Splash during kernel startup

[Eric Moret]

> > Most other linux splash projects have userspace components 
> in addition 
> > to the patched kernel. In the absense of a patched kernel they just 
> > behave the same way as splashy (support for various resolutions and 
> > depth on vesafb + progress bar).
> 
> Which are? The one from bootsplash.org certainly does not 
> work without a patch. The only other system I'm aware about 
> that doesn't need a patched kernel is usplash from ubuntu.

Gensplash is one that does not only rely on the kernel patch. I has a set of
userspace tools to display a splash screen early in rc.sysinit. As for
booting the kernel, it can either display a splash if your kernel has the
fbsplash patch set or it can use initramfs to load a bootsplash for
unpatched kernels.
More details on gentoo's wiki:
http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_fbsplash#Making_An_initramfs_Image

My point is that it would be less confusing to clearly state that splashy,
even with 'early userspace' and initramfs, cannot display a splash screen as
fast and early in the boot process as the fbsplash patch set. At least it
would have save me quite some time :)

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Eric