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

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Message-ID: <a89a2e39-8f51-c87c-6c1e-8bff307a5181@suse.de>
Date:   Fri, 27 Oct 2017 13:19:59 +0200
From:   Max Staudt <mstaudt@...e.de>
To:     Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>, 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 10/25/2017 07:43 PM, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> 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...

Very good question.

I definitely already have a primitive tool for this. However I'm unsure where to put it - it's a fairly low-level tool, so should I add it to the kernel tree?

How about bootsplash_file.h - I guess I should I move it to include/uapi/linux/ so external tools can use it?


Thanks
Max