linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 13/14] bootsplash: Add main documentation

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Message-ID: <4f8dd371-e4bd-ae43-c562-2cde87d2c5a8@infradead.org>
Date:   Wed, 25 Oct 2017 10:43:32 -0700
From:   Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To:     Max Staudt <mstaudt@...e.de>, b.zolnierkie@...sung.com,
        linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     tiwai@...e.com, oneukum@...e.com, msrb@...e.com, sndirsch@...e.com,
        michal@...kovi.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC 13/14] bootsplash: Add main documentation

On 10/25/17 05:46, Max Staudt wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Max Staudt <mstaudt@...e.de>
> Reviewed-by: Oliver Neukum <oneukum@...e.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