Re: [RFC 13/14] bootsplash: Add main documentation

[Randy Dunlap]

On 10/27/17 04:19, Max Staudt wrote:
> On 10/25/2017 07:43 PM, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>> On 10/25/17 05:46, Max Staudt wrote:
>>> Signed-off-by: Max Staudt <mstaudt@xxxxxxx>
>>> Reviewed-by: Oliver Neukum <oneukum@xxxxxxxx>
>>> ---
>>>  Documentation/fb/bootsplash.txt | 169 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>  1 file changed, 169 insertions(+)
>>>  create mode 100644 Documentation/fb/bootsplash.txt
>>>
>>> diff --git a/Documentation/fb/bootsplash.txt b/Documentation/fb/bootsplash.txt
>>> new file mode 100644
>>> index 000000000000..e2b7c956e6c2
>>> --- /dev/null
>>> +++ b/Documentation/fb/bootsplash.txt
>>> @@ -0,0 +1,169 @@
>>> +
>>> +Bootsplash file format
>>> +=======================
>>> +
>>> +A file specified in the kernel configuration as CONFIG_BOOTSPLASH_FILE or
>>> +specified on the command line as bootsplash.filename will be loaded and
>>> +displayed as soon as fbcon is initialized.
>>
>> How do you create or edit such a file?  Do you have a program especially for
>> this?  Hopefully not just a hex editor...
> 
> Very good question.
> 
> I definitely already have a primitive tool for this. However I'm unsure where to put it - it's a fairly low-level tool, so should I add it to the kernel tree?

maybe in $kernel/tools/

> How about bootsplash_file.h - I guess I should I move it to include/uapi/linux/ so external tools can use it?

That sounds correct.

thanks.
-- 
~Randy