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SubjectRe: [patch] x86 penguin logo: some modif. to #4
On Wed, 16 Jul 1997, Riccardo Facchetti wrote:

> On Wed, 16 Jul 1997, Gerd Knorr wrote:
>
> >
> > In article <Pine.LNX.3.96.970715225306.438B-100000@azuth.tin.it>, you wrote:
> > >
> > >* Display penguin at the initial boot (no penguin after init execution).
> > Hmm, I personaly like to have the penguin displayed for a longer and
> > turn it off just before starting a getty...
>
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> I don't like too much this idea because it breaks _all_ the installations:
> this way we force _all_ the linux sysadmins to edit an rc file and add a
> setfont and a reset ...
> ... and I think this is a no no.

so, set PENGUIN=NO as a default (or whatever the define ends up being/has
ended up being).

What problem? Anyone who WANTS a penguin on their install can enable it
and fix it themselves!!!!!!!!!

> > >* Show some info about the hardware.
> > This probably requires some more #ifdef's if this should work on
> > alphas too. The tga.c file has a set_get_font too, so getting the
> > penguin on a alpha probably is easy...
>
> Oh yes. I have not considered this idea: my fault :)
> btw, is an Alpha charset the same as a PC one (same data structure) ?
> If this is true, we can use the same bitmap for PC and Alpha. It then
> should be simple to make a penguin.c in the drivers/char and compile it
> when x86 (vga) or Alpha (tga) is selected.
> Of course, I have checked the tga version of set_get_font and I see that
> it is a noop (returns -EINVAL). It is there just as a dummy entry point
> and should be implemented before the penguin code can be used for it.

tga charset is not QUITE same as VGA... but very similar....
(I canna remember the difference offhand but I could fix for alpha..
[not guaranteed - I don't _HAVE_ an alpha. I just use the kernel TGA
code in my graphics to make sure my console emulator supports linux :])

... 'sides, the console tga font is useful because it includes the full
linux font....

it's 8bits wide by 16 bits tall...
[right - now I remember - I had to expand to 8x32 for my code...]

Oh, and tga is basically a graphical device, so showing a penguin on it
shouldn't take that much work.

Uhm... anyone WANT font-loading on tga?

> > >Just another word, to the coder of the initial version of this penguin:
> > >how about reverse the B/W colors of your penguin ? I think it will be a better
> > >penguin :)
> >
> > [ ... letting the pbm2font program flip the bits ... ]
> >
> > yes looks better :-)
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>
> Another thing. How about make the penguin.h a real header file, to be
> included as a normal include and not in the middle of a data
> structure ? :)

Hey - can I get a copy of the current penguin code?
And that's a good idea BTW.

Have a nice day :)
- Teunis

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