[U-Boot] [PATCH v3] Add 16bpp BMP support

Mark Jackson mpfj-list at mimc.co.uk
Mon Feb 2 15:17:26 CET 2009


Haavard Skinnemoen wrote:
> Mark Jackson wrote:
>>> We do NOT want to do everything that is possible, but only what is
>>> reasonable.  
>> Exactly ... otherwise where do you stop ?  JPG, GIF, TIFF, PNG, etc ? 
>> We're *only* meant to be showing a simply boot up image (not view lots 
>> of different sized photos or movies !!), in a very controlled 
>> environment (i.e. no "user" options ... just what the designers want / 
>> require).
> 
> Why not do it even simpler? Drop BMP and generate an image matching the
> native format of the LCD controller at compile time :-)

Not sure if you're serious, but that'd reduce some of the functionality I was 
expecting to use.

My splashimage is stored in a particular, separate flash partition, and I'm 
intending to allow end-users to change the boot logo (via a userspace app ?) 
to customise / personalise the unit as they require (e.g. their own company logo).

Hard-coding the image would render this impossible.

Regards
Mark


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