# Re: \[RFC 13/14\] bootsplash: Add main documentation

- From: Randy Dunlap \<rdunlap@infradead.org\>
- Date: 2017-10-25 17:43:38 
- List: linux-fbdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fbdev/2017/10/5118090
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fbdev/2017/10/5117889/t.md

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On 10/25/17 05:46, Max Staudt wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Max Staudt <redacted>
> Reviewed-by: Oliver Neukum <oneukum@suse.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/fb/bootsplash.txt | 169 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 169 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/fb/bootsplash.txt
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/fb/bootsplash.txt b/Documentation/fb/bootsplash.txt
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..e2b7c956e6c2
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/fb/bootsplash.txt
> @@ -0,0 +1,169 @@
> +
> +Bootsplash file format
> +===========> +
> +A file specified in the kernel configuration as CONFIG_BOOTSPLASH_FILE or
> +specified on the command line as bootsplash.filename will be loaded and
> +displayed as soon as fbcon is initialized.

How do you create or edit such a file?  Do you have a program especially for
this?  Hopefully not just a hex editor...


-- 
~Randy
```