Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 16 May 1998 15:09:03 -0400 (EDT) | From | <> | Subject | Re: The Masses Have Spoken on the Boot Logo Topic :) |
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On 16 May 1998, Benny Amorsen wrote:
> >>>>> "JM" == Jordan Mendelson <jordy@wserv.com> writes: > > JM> Really, this poll wasn't put together well. It should have stated > JM> how big of a patch it would take to add something like this... I > JM> would guess that the people who say "No logo by Default" would > JM> have voted "Just Leave it Alone" if they knew it was going to > JM> waste RAM. > > The memory used for the boot logo can be reclaimed after boot. All it > will waste is disk space.
Those who voted 'just leave it alone' would vote IMHO vote 'not by default'. It can be made a config option, then it only makes the kernel source bigger, and if the current kernels aren't enough of a hint for you about how Linus feels about source inflation then.... :)
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