Linux-kernel mailing list archive 2000-40,: Re: [PATCH v2.4.x] Yet Another Boot Logo

# Re: [PATCH v2.4.x] Yet Another Boot Logo

jmcmullan@linuxcare.com
5 Oct 2000 05:45:18 GMT

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Gábor Lénárt <lgb@viva.uti.hu> wrote:
> IMHO, 2 lines are not enough. It should be costumizable setting.

It'll be in the next patch. (in a day or so)

> (If you're crazy enough :) you can use settings to set X,Y offset and
> X,Y size of window for "text", and you can get illusion to boot in
> a window of logo has border around the used window ;-)

I don't think I'm crazy enough for that. ;-)

> And a question: will memory used by Linux logo be freed after hiding it ?

It's marked as __initdata, so yes, all of that memory
is freed immediately before /bin/init is execed.

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