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

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Message-ID: <f64d701c-ab6c-b1c4-daf6-7ec48bb73bcf@infradead.org>
Date:   Fri, 27 Oct 2017 09:48:37 -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 10/27/17 04:19, Max Staudt wrote:
> 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?

maybe in $kernel/tools/

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

That sounds correct.

thanks.
-- 
~Randy