Re: How do I update the boot banner?

[Paul Goyette <paul%whooppee.com@localhost>]

Check out $SRC/sys/lib/libsa/bootcfg.c

...
void
print_bootcfg_banner(const char *bootprog_name, const char 
*bootprog_rev)
{
        int n = 0;

        if (bootcfg_info.banner[0]) {
                for (; n < BOOTCFG_MAXBANNER && bootcfg_info.banner[n]; 
n++)
                        printf("%s\n", bootcfg_info.banner[n]);
                return;
        }

        /* If the user has not specified a banner, print a default one. 
*/

        printf("\n");
        printf("  \\\\-__,------,___.\n");
        printf("   \\\\        __,---`  %s\n", bootprog_name);
        printf("    \\\\       `---,_.  Revision %s\n", bootprog_rev);
        printf("     \\\\-,_____,.---`\n");
        printf("      \\\\\n");
        printf("       \\\\\n");
        printf("        \\\\\n\n");
}
...


:-)


On Fri, 17 Oct 2025, Paul Goyette wrote:

> Hmmm....
>
> # mount /efi
> # ls -lR /efi
> total 96
> -rwxrwxr-x  1 root  wheel    779 Oct  4 10:37 boot.cfg
> drwxrwxr-x  1 root  wheel  32768 Jan 31  2025 efi
> drwxrwxr-x  1 root  wheel  32768 Jan 31  2025 netbsd
>
> /efi/efi:
> total 32
> drwxrwxr-x  1 root  wheel  32768 Jan 31  2025 boot
>
> /efi/efi/boot:
> total 512
> -r-xr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  238608 May 13 05:21 bootx64.efi
> -r-xr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  238608 Mar 22  2025 bootx64.efi.save
>
> /efi/netbsd:
> total 32
> -rwxrwxr-x  1 root  wheel  1201 Jan 31  2025 boot.cfg
> # more /efi/boot.cfg
> banner=++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> banner=+ NetBSD EFI boot (nvme, std loc)+
> banner=+    ***** Hooray! *****         +
> banner=+ NAME=NVME-EFI:/boot.cfg        +
> banner=++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> banner=
> banner=Please select from the following menu:
>
> # configuration issues
>
> userconf=disable dwiic*
>
> # boot defaults
>
> rndseed=/var/db/entropy-file
> dev=NAME=NVME-sys:
>
> #menu attributes
>
> default=1
> timeout=5
> clear=1
>
> menu=Boot /SPEEDY/kernel normally:boot SPEEDY
> menu=Boot /SPEEDY/kernel single user:boot SPEEDY -s
> menu=Boot /GENERIC/kernel normally:boot GENERIC
> menu=Boot /GENERIC/kernel single user:boot GENERIC -s
> menu=Boot /SPEEDY.old/kernel single user:boot SPEEDY.old -s
> menu=Drop to boot prompt:prompt
> menu=Run memory test (amd64):boot /usr/pkg/mdec/memtestplus
> #
>
>
> On Fri, 17 Oct 2025, Hisashi T Fujinaka wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 17 Oct 2025, Paul Goyette wrote:
> >
> > > On Fri, 17 Oct 2025, Hisashi T Fujinaka wrote:
> > >
> > > >  I'm on an x86_84 EFI boot machine running NetBSD-11 and when I boot up
> > > >  it has the "Install Boot" banner instead of the ascii flag and "Welcome
> > > >  to NetBSD". It seems to affect nothing, but can I fix it? I tried
> > > >  copying /usr/mdec/bootx64.efi to /EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI at someone's
> > > >  suggestions but that wasn't it.
> > > >
> > > >  Anybody have any ideas for me?
> > >
> > > Mount  your  efi partition and look at ${EFI}boot.cfg for the
> > > "banner" lines...
> >
> > I don't see any cfg files.
> >
> > /mnt/EFI 1029 % find .
> > .
> > ./BOOT
> > ./BOOT/BOOTIA32.EFI
> > ./BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI
> > ./BOOT/FBIA32.EFI
> > ./BOOT/FBX64.EFI
> > ./FEDORA
> > ./FEDORA/GRUB.CFG
> > ./FEDORA/BOOTIA32.CSV
> > ./FEDORA/BOOTX64.CSV
> > ./FEDORA/GCDIA32.EFI
> > ./FEDORA/GCDX64.EFI
> > ./FEDORA/GRUBIA32.EFI
> > ./FEDORA/GRUBX64.EFI
> > ./FEDORA/MMIA32.EFI
> > ./FEDORA/MMX64.EFI
> > ./FEDORA/SHIM.EFI
> > ./FEDORA/SHIMIA32.EFI
> > ./FEDORA/SHIMX64.EFI
> > ./Dell
> > ./Dell/BootOptionCache
> > ./Dell/BootOptionCache/BootOptionCache.dat
> >
> > I guess I can delete the FEDORA directory now but that's all I see.
> >
> > --
> > Hisashi T Fujinaka - htodd%twofifty.com@localhost
> > BSEE + BSChem + BAEnglish + MSCS + $2.50 = coffee
> >
> > !DSPAM:68f2e38175949590220406!
>
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