Fbsplash - The Framebuffer Splash - is a feature that allows displaying images in the background of consoles that use fbcon. The project is partially descended from bootsplash.
Unlike bootsplash, fbsplash has no in-kernel image decoder. Picture decompression is handled by a userspace helper which provides raw image data to the kernel. There is also no support for things like the silent mode and progress bars, as these are best handled by userspace programs. Truecolor, directcolor and pseudocolor modes are supported. Fbsplash has no dependency on a specific framebuffer driver. It has been tested with at least vesafb, rivafb and radeonfb. Technical details about the userspace<->kernelspace interface can be found in patch 07/07, which contains the documentation. The userspace utilities that make use of fbsplash can be found on: http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/projects/splashutils/ Live long and prosper. -- Michal 'Spock' Januszewski Gentoo Linux Developer cell: +48504917690 http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/ JID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] freenode: #gentoo-dev, #gentoo-pl - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
