Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 28 Jan 2003 15:32:35 +0100 | From | Wichert Akkerman <> | Subject | Re: Bootscreen |
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Previously Alan Cox wrote: > I'd not really pondered people who compile many drivers into their kernel > instead of into the initrd. I guess a few people still do that.
Agreed - what you probably want to do is have a minimal kernel that boots an initrd which loads modules for the rest. If the kernel is small enough you don't care for its boot messages: if it fails the hardware is screwed and your box has to be repaired (esp. if you are dealing with embedded/special purpose systems where the people using the box can't even see the hardware).
Then have the bios/bootloader setup your pretty bootscreen and reset it in the initrd when you load a fb driver.
Wichert.
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