Subject: Re: kern/33579: kernel boot query does not turn off the splash screen
To: None <kern-bug-people@netbsd.org, gnats-admin@netbsd.org,>
From: Chavdar Ivanov <ci4ic4@gmail.com>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 05/28/2006 23:10:03
The following reply was made to PR kern/33579; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "Chavdar Ivanov" <ci4ic4@gmail.com>
To: gnats-bugs@netbsd.org
Cc: kern-bug-people@netbsd.org, gnats-admin@netbsd.org,
	netbsd-bugs@netbsd.org
Subject: Re: kern/33579: kernel boot query does not turn off the splash screen
Date: Mon, 29 May 2006 00:09:19 +0100

 On 5/28/06, Jared D. McNeill <jmcneill@invisible.ca> wrote:
 > The following reply was made to PR kern/33579; it has been noted by GNATS=
 .
 >
 > From: "Jared D. McNeill" <jmcneill@invisible.ca>
 > To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
 > Cc: kern-bug-people@netbsd.org, gnats-admin@netbsd.org,
 >         netbsd-bugs@netbsd.org
 > Subject: Re: kern/33579: kernel boot query does not turn off the splash s=
 creen
 > Date: Sun, 28 May 2006 19:34:47 -0300
 >
 >  ci4ic4@gmail.com wrote:
 >  > The required parameters - root device, swap, filesystem type and path =
 to init - are not passed to the kernel and a queried during boot. If one ha=
 s the VGA splash screen enabled, it does not get cleared when the query is =
 being made and one has to blindly type the four responses.
 >  >
 >  Is this PR talking about the grub splash screen, or the NetBSD
 >  vesafb/SPLASHSCREEN code?
 
 vesafb/SPLASHSCREEN
 
 Here is the relevant section:
 
 options SPLASHSCREEN
 options SPLASHSCREEN_PROGRESS
 options VESAFB_WIDTH=3D1400
 options VESAFB_HEIGHT=3D1050
 options VESAFB_DEPTH=3D16
 vesabios* at vesabiosbus?
 vesafb* at vesabios?
 wsdisplay* at vesafb? console?
 
 
 >
 >  Cheers,
 >  Jared
 >
 >
 
 Chavdar