You said (more or less)
> Where are all these nice penguins coming from?
Linux fb (framebuffer) console support means you can have very high
resolutions instead of standard 80x25 text console. And since this means
entering graphics mode the developers decided to encode the number of CPUs
detected in the form of short-legged flightless birds of cold southern
Antarctic regions having webbed feet and wings modified as flippers, to
wit, penguins. Naturally, this information is also available in normal
text form during boot.
Why penguins? The legend goes that when Linus visited one of Antarctic
science stations (which are powered by Linux) a penguin attacked and bit
him.
Regards,
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Tigran A. Aivazian | http://www.sco.com
Escalations Research Group | tel: +44-(0)1923-813796
Santa Cruz Operation Ltd | http://www.ocston.org/~tigran
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