[U-Boot-Users] [RFC] Splash image

[Wolfgang Grandegger]

Rodolfo Giometti wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 18, 2007 at 04:47:38PM +0200, Wolfgang Grandegger wrote:
>> I already have a big rewrite of the LCD driver, as I already told you some 
>> time ago. Till now I did'nt find the time to post it, sorry. Will do so 
>> next week. It supports dynamic display configuration via FDT, which 
>> requires substantial modification.
> 
> Great! Can we have a preview? :P
> 
> Which modifications are you talking about? In the per-CPU framebuffer
> code?

In both!

> 
>> Nevertheless, for true-color display (BPP >= 8) we should use 
>> "drivers/cfb_console.c". "common/lcd.c" just supports properly monochrome 
>> and 8-bit displays with color table. It would make more sense to spend time 
>> for a unified display driver in U-Boot. Unfortunately, that's not a trivial 
>> task.
> 
> I see. Currently I need a splash screen for my custom boards so I have
> to find a quinck&trick solution! ;)

What color format do you want to support?

> However I'll do modifications on your new code.

OK.

Wolfgang.