[Splashy-devel] Splash during kernel startup

[Otavio Salvador]

"Eric Moret" <eric.moret at gmail.com> writes:

>> > 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

Even when using the initramfs they're using the patched kernel, AFAIK.

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