High-res 'bootsplash'

[Matthew Garrett]

On Sun, Jul 30, 2006 at 03:08:20PM +0200, Jonathan Carter wrote:

> I just read this blog entry from Debian planet, would this solve the
> suspend problem with a high-res usplash?
> 
> http://hughsient.livejournal.com/2591.html

Unlikely, I'm afraid. There /is/ a potential mechanism for this - rather 
than using the kernel framebuffer driver, we could do vesa in userspace. 
This has a couple of drawbacks (x86-specific, would probably need 
additional code written in order to support amd64) but would allow 
higher resolutions without being likely to break suspend/resume.

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