Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 6 Feb 2003 10:19:56 +0100 (MET) | From | Geert Uytterhoeven <> | Subject | Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] Re: New logo code (fwd) |
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On 5 Feb 2003, Antonino Daplas wrote: > On Wed, 2003-02-05 at 20:37, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > Come on, is there really no one to comment on this?? > > Actually, I tried the patch before, but it was erased so fast that I > never got to see the logo :-) > > Anyway, I think it's because logo_lines require logo_height in > fbcon_set_display(). logo_height is returned by fb_show_logo(), however > fb_show_logo() is called after computing logo_lines.
I always see the logo twice. The first time it's erased by the text (because initially fbcon thinks logo_height = 0), the second time it's displayed correctly.
So I also wondered why it's drawn twice?
> So, how about breaking up fb_show_logo() into fb_prepare_logo() and > fb_show_logo()? We can call fb_prepare_logo() to get the logo height > for the logo_lines, then do an fb_show_logo() for the actual drawing.
OK for me.
> Overall, I like it, though it does add some kilobytes to the kernel > image size.
Why would it increase kernel size that much? The logos were there before as well (unless you enable all of them, of course :-).
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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