[PATCH v2 0/2] Autoboot prompt customization and bootmenu cosmetics

[Ferass El Hafidi]

Thank you all for your review, I sent a v3 which is mostly untouched,
but adds a patch to convert docs to reStructuredText.

On Wed, 08 Apr 2026 16:34, Ferass El Hafidi <funderscore at postmarketos.org> wrote:
>This is a small patch series to make the autoboot prompt configurable
>regardless of if CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_KEYED is enabled, which is very useful
>with a splash screen. My usecase is, with some ANSI magic, moving the
>autoboot prompt to the very bottom of the screen and highlighted, with a
>splash screen shown.
>Something like this: https://ircb.dersco.re/uploads/funderscore/efa2a27132e56891
>It feels wrong to require AUTOBOOT_KEYED only for that usecase.
>
>Also, the bootmenu now prints ANSI_CLEAR_LINE before each entry, which
>has the effect of highlighting the entire line entry on vidconsole, just
>like eficonfig. I can drop that one if it's not very useful, just
>thought it would look nice.
>
>Signed-off-by: Ferass El Hafidi <funderscore at postmarketos.org>
>---
>Changes in v2:
> - Remove #ifdef/#endif near printf in print_boot_delay: no need to
>   guard the printf as CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_PROMPT must be set
> - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260405-ui-cosmetics-v1-0-bffec3cac741@postmarketos.org
>
>---
>Ferass El Hafidi (2):
>      autoboot: allow custom prompt without requiring AUTOBOOT_KEYED
>      cmd: bootmenu: ANSI_CLEAR_LINE before entry name
>
> boot/Kconfig      | 30 +++++++++++++++---------------
> cmd/bootmenu.c    |  2 +-
> common/autoboot.c |  2 +-
> 3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
>---
>base-commit: 0da1866a8fdd4d4bc4837ef2af281dbe010ae16b
>change-id: 20260331-ui-cosmetics-aae207abed6b


Best regards,
Ferass