Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] fbdev: fbmem: allow overriding the number of bootup logos

Hi Peter,

On Tue, Aug 27, 2019 at 10:54 AM Peter Rosin [off-list ref] wrote:

On 2019-08-27 10:36, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:

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On Mon, Aug 26, 2019 at 10:46 PM Peter Rosin [off-list ref] wrote:

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Probably most useful if you only want one logo regardless of how many
CPU cores you have.

Signed-off-by: Peter Rosin <redacted>

Thanks for your patch!

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--- a/Documentation/fb/fbcon.rst
+++ b/Documentation/fb/fbcon.rst

@@ -174,6 +174,11 @@ C. Boot options
        displayed due to multiple CPUs, the collected line of logos is moved
        as a whole.

+9. fbcon=logo-count:<n>
+
+       The value 'n' overrides the number of bootup logos. Zero gives the
+       default, which is the number of online cpus.

Isn't that a bit unexpected for the user?
What about making -1 the default (auto), and zero meaning no logos?

I just naively assumed there was some other mechanism to disable it.

That was my first thought, too, but I couldn't find one.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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