Re: [linux-2.6.7] Bootup logo patch

On Tue, 3 Aug 2004, Piotr Horzycki wrote:

The purpose of this patch is to add a possibility of applying custom
224-color bootup image without overwriting the existing ones. User
needs to create a separate PPM file
(drivers/video/logo/logo_custom_clut224.ppm), which will be
automatically converted to .c and then linked. I needed to alter the
Makefile to add the .o file, and Kconfig to allow enabling the new

While it sounds interesting to have this feature, I'm a bit afraid about its
implementation. In the current state, an `allyesconfig' kernel will fail to
build, since drivers/video/logo/logo_custom_clut224.ppm is missing by default.

feature during kernel configuration. I added short help for CONFIG_LOGO

Thanks for the help text!

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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