# Re: \[PATCH v3 0/7\] video/logo: allow custom boot logo and simplify logic

- From: Helge Deller \<deller@gmx.de\>
- Date: 2026-01-11 18:59:23 
- List: linux-fbdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fbdev/2026/01/3362429
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fbdev/2026/01/3359196/t.md

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On 1/8/26 20:04, Vincent Mailhol wrote:
> This series allows the user to replace the default kernel boot logo by
> a custom one directly in the kernel configuration. This makes it
> easier to customise the boot logo without the need to modify the
> sources and allows such customisation to remain persistent after
> applying the configuration to another version of the kernel.
>
> Patch #1 and #2 are clean-up and preparation while patch #3 is the
> main feature of this series: making the boot logo customisable.
>
> While working on this, I realised that managing the logo file directly
> in Kbuild allows us to simplify how we handle the different existing
> variants of the Tux logo. This series thus ends with a clean-up which
> moves all the logo selection logic to Kbuild except from one special
> case (details in the patch description), simplifying the Makefile and
> the C code.
>
> Patch #4 and #5 do a tree-wide clean-up on the Kconfig symbols that
> are to be removed in patch #7. Patch #6 removes the Macintosh 68k logo
> which is conflicting with our simplification plans. Patch #7 finally
> simplifies the logic as explained above.
>
> Signed-off-by: Vincent Mailhol <mailhol@kernel.org>

series applied to fbdev git tree.

Thanks!
Helge

> Changes in v3:
>
>    - v2 broke the logo selection for m68k resulting in the MAC logo
>      replacing the default logo on some machine where it shouldn't.
>      v3 resolves the conflict by removing that logo.
>
>    - Typo fix in patch #4 description.
>
> Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260101-custom-logo-v2-0-8eec06dfbf85@kernel.org
>
> Changes in v2:
>
>    - By removing the logo_spe_clut224.o target from the Makefile, v1
>      also removed the logo_spe_clut224 object which is still being
>      referenced in
>
>        arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spu_base.c
>
>      Restore the logo_spe_clut224.o target.
>
> Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251230-custom-logo-v1-0-4736374569ee@kernel.org
>
> ---
> Vincent Mailhol (7):
>        video/logo: remove orphan .pgm Makefile rule
>        video/logo: add a type parameter to the logo makefile function
>        video/logo: allow custom logo
>        newport_con: depend on LOGO_LINUX_CLUT224 instead of LOGO_SGI_CLUT224
>        sh: defconfig: remove CONFIG_LOGO_SUPERH_*
>        video/logo: remove logo_mac_clut224
>        video/logo: move logo selection logic to Kconfig
>
>   arch/sh/configs/dreamcast_defconfig      |    2 -
>   arch/sh/configs/ecovec24_defconfig       |    2 -
>   arch/sh/configs/kfr2r09_defconfig        |    2 -
>   arch/sh/configs/migor_defconfig          |    2 -
>   arch/sh/configs/rts7751r2d1_defconfig    |    2 -
>   arch/sh/configs/rts7751r2dplus_defconfig |    2 -
>   arch/sh/configs/se7724_defconfig         |    2 -
>   arch/sh/configs/se7780_defconfig         |    2 -
>   arch/sh/configs/sh7785lcr_defconfig      |    3 -
>   arch/sh/configs/urquell_defconfig        |    3 -
>   drivers/video/console/newport_con.c      |    4 +-
>   drivers/video/logo/Kconfig               |   82 +-
>   drivers/video/logo/Makefile              |   29 +-
>   drivers/video/logo/logo.c                |   46 +-
>   drivers/video/logo/logo_mac_clut224.ppm  | 1604 ------------------------------
>   include/linux/linux_logo.h               |    8 -
>   16 files changed, 63 insertions(+), 1732 deletions(-)
> ---
> base-commit: 9ace4753a5202b02191d54e9fdf7f9e3d02b85eb
> change-id: 20251227-custom-logo-932df316a02c
>
> Best regards,

```