Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 3/3] [QEMU] Add BIOS splash image

[Laurent Vivier]

Le 16 déc. 08 à 17:16, Blue Swirl a écrit :

> On 12/16/08, Laurent Vivier <address@hidden> wrote:
> > This patch adds to qemu the function needed to display a splash  
> > image under
> > BIOS control through the firmware control device.
> >
> > It adds a "-splash" option allowing to specify the picture file  
> > name (a .PNG)
> > to display. You can enable/disable a fade in, fade out and the  
> > bootmenu. The
> > time to display the image can be also given (in seconds).
>
> Nice. But shouldn't this be more generic, I think we want to use this
> on OpenBIOS/Sparc (or PPC) too?

I think it is generic as it uses the firmware configuration device, we  
have just to modify openbios to use it (I think sparc uses it to have  
ram size).
The only possible issue with this patch is it depends on libpnglite to  
read the file.

The "bootmenu=off" can be an alias to "auto-boot?=true"

Regards,
Laurent
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