From fa2371bff9ac03581881849d8f95678ef3992719 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marcel Ziswiler Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 16:10:50 +0100 Subject: fbcon: logo: allow easy integration of a custom Linux boot logo This patch allows for easy integration of a custom Linux boot logo to replace the Tux' being shown by default. Use gimp or the like to create a raw PPM in your desired resolution. Reduce the number of colours in the image to 224: user@host:~$ ppmquant 224 Toradex-640x480.ppm > \ Toradex-640x480-224.ppm ppmquant: making histogram... ppmquant: 370 colors found ppmquant: choosing 224 colors... ppmquant: mapping image to new colors... Convert it from raw PPM to ASCII format: user@host:~$ pnmnoraw Toradex-640x480-224.ppm > \ Toradex-640x480-ascii-224.ppm Copy it into the Linux sources: cp Toradex-640x480-ascii-224.ppm linux-toradex/drivers/video/logo/\ logo_custom_clut224.ppm Activate exclusively custom Linux logo in the kernel configuration: Device Drivers -> Graphics support -> Bootup logo -> Custom 224-color Linux logo And re-compile the kernel. --- include/linux/linux_logo.h | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) (limited to 'include') diff --git a/include/linux/linux_logo.h b/include/linux/linux_logo.h index ca5bd91d12e1..2be299513819 100644 --- a/include/linux/linux_logo.h +++ b/include/linux/linux_logo.h @@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ extern const struct linux_logo logo_superh_vga16; extern const struct linux_logo logo_superh_clut224; extern const struct linux_logo logo_m32r_clut224; extern const struct linux_logo logo_spe_clut224; +extern const struct linux_logo logo_custom_clut224; extern const struct linux_logo *fb_find_logo(int depth); #ifdef CONFIG_FB_LOGO_EXTRA -- cgit v1.2.3