From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263903AbTLEHPB (ORCPT ); Fri, 5 Dec 2003 02:15:01 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263904AbTLEHPB (ORCPT ); Fri, 5 Dec 2003 02:15:01 -0500 Received: from students.iiit.net ([196.12.44.6]:2517 "EHLO students.iiit.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263903AbTLEHO6 (ORCPT ); Fri, 5 Dec 2003 02:14:58 -0500 Message-ID: <4973.203.199.176.98.1070608497.squirrel@students.iiit.net> Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 12:44:57 +0530 (IST) Subject: [ANNOUNCE] Enhanced Linux Progress Patch v1.0 From: prasad_s@students.iiit.net To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 X-Priority: 3 Importance: Normal X-MailScanner: Found to be clean Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hello, Thanks to all those who tried the Enhanced Linux Progress Patch (ELPP) v0.1. After a few bug-fixes and a few enhancements, the ELPP v1.0 is now ready to be downloaded. It can be downloaded from: -> http://students.iiit.net/~prasad_s/ELPP/ The following is the summary of features: -> Themes can be loaded using the initrd (NEW) -> A Qt based tool for making themes (NEW) -> A ProgressBar and a few BootMessages -> Highly Configurable. Parameters which could be configured include the locations of progress bar, messages, colors, boot image etc: The patch has been tested against linux kernel versions 2.6.0-test4 to 2.6.0-test11, and should work for to-be released kernels too. Instructions on creating themes, example themes and RH-9.0 init-scripts are also included along with the package. Comments/Suggestions are welcome. Prasad. -- Failure is not an option