On 01/23/15 11:47, Stefano Babic wrote: > Hi Nikita, > > On 22/01/2015 18:33, Nikita Kiryanov wrote: > >>> >>> This is a general question, not strictly related to the patch. You add >>> with the series a way to get splash screen from multiple sources. I have >>> often (I know we are talking about different things..) used splash >>> screen as a way to add a logo, without the necessity to link the image >>> to the code. I think also that the way with logo does not scale well, >> >> Why not? > > Well, it happens if for each maintained board there is a corresponding > logo and all logos should be maintain in U-Boot repository - that is > quite a mess.
Right. I must agree it is a mess. Also, please understand correctly, this is not our intent... > > Logos has nothing to do with U-Boot development - they are blob data. > The fact that they are linked together with U-Boot looks easy, but I do > not think it is elegant. > > Splash images are loaded on demand by u-boot code from a storage - this > is IMHO a better solution. Yes, indeed, and also the only one that permits a board to have multiple customizable splash images - which is the case for many SoMs. > >> >>> and we cannot merge in mainline tons of images - they have nothing to do >>> with u-boot sources. >> >> Storing graphics that are part of a program in the program's repository >> is a >> common practice, why should U-Boot be different? > > Maybe due to the number of boards, and if each board wants to have its > own logo. If all boards share the same logo I would not see any problem > at all. And yes, this is our intent. We would like to have a single logo for all our boards (and we have some already - more to come). It is vendor oriented, not board oriented. > >>> Why is not enough for you to use the splash screen functionality ? IMHO >>> it is much more flexible as using the logo, and there is no need to link >>> it against the code. >> >> We are interested in the behavior that VIDEO_LOGO provides: that the logo >> remains visible on screen and coexists with the frame buffer console, >> and that >> no manual installation is required. > > ok, you like really the logo feature, I see ;-). Yes, currently, it is used on Utilite computer (which is build around cm-fx6 SoM). So, it looks really good, for the Utilite users to have the HDMI with USB console and the vendor logo. > > Added Anatolji to CC - we could let the question in background for the > future. Maybe could we have a logo_load_image() near splash_load_from_*() ? That would be perfect, I think, and also have it user customizable. Although, I would like to have an option to return to default one... -- Regards, Igor. _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
