From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
To: Peter Rosin <peda@axentia.se>
Cc: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@samsung.com>,
Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
"dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org"
<dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org>,
"linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org" <linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org>,
"linux-doc@vger.kernel.org" <linux-doc@vger.kernel.org>,
Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] fbdev: fbmem: allow overriding the number of bootup logos
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2019 11:18:42 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAMuHMdXTm8n=SXyRejT27Q9Vxv0hw5C8DQDXiNM=06aYXq=dgQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <a31ff144-f037-3580-08b5-aa368572c69d@axentia.se>
Hi Peter,
On Tue, Aug 27, 2019 at 10:54 AM Peter Rosin <peda@axentia.se> wrote:
> On 2019-08-27 10:36, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 26, 2019 at 10:46 PM Peter Rosin <peda@axentia.se> wrote:
> >> Probably most useful if you only want one logo regardless of how many
> >> CPU cores you have.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Peter Rosin <peda@axentia.se>
> >
> > Thanks for your patch!
> >
> >> --- a/Documentation/fb/fbcon.rst
> >> +++ b/Documentation/fb/fbcon.rst
> >> @@ -174,6 +174,11 @@ C. Boot options
> >> displayed due to multiple CPUs, the collected line of logos is moved
> >> as a whole.
> >>
> >> +9. fbcon=logo-count:<n>
> >> +
> >> + The value 'n' overrides the number of bootup logos. Zero gives the
> >> + default, which is the number of online cpus.
> >
> > Isn't that a bit unexpected for the user?
> > What about making -1 the default (auto), and zero meaning no logos?
>
> I just naively assumed there was some other mechanism to disable it.
That was my first thought, too, but I couldn't find one.
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
--
Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org
In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
-- Linus Torvalds
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-08-27 9:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-08-26 19:58 [PATCH v2 0/3] Add possibility to specify the number of displayed logos Peter Rosin
2019-08-26 19:58 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] fbdev: fix numbering of fbcon options Peter Rosin
2019-08-26 19:58 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] fbdev: fbmem: allow overriding the number of bootup logos Peter Rosin
2019-08-27 8:36 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2019-08-27 8:54 ` Peter Rosin
2019-08-27 9:18 ` Geert Uytterhoeven [this message]
2019-08-26 19:59 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] fbdev: fbmem: avoid exporting fb_center_logo Peter Rosin
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