[patch] fbsplash

Denys Vlasenko vda.linux at googlemail.com
Fri Apr 4 20:22:03 UTC 2008


On Friday 04 April 2008 19:17, Denys Vlasenko wrote:
> > while fbsplash works well in root fs, it doesn't work when started from
> > an initrd. It exhibits this behavior:
> > 
> > 1. the nash shell, used in initrd, can't start the applet in background;
> > it blocks forever the loading process.
> > 
> > ==> I added back the code to fork the process (if this can be
> > acceptable).
> 
> I'm sorry, but it is not acceptable. In Unix, each tool should do
> one thing. fbsplash should not be hardwired for one application
> (boot splash). What is someone needs to want for fbsplash to finish?

I meant "needs to WAIT for fbsplash to finish" - i.e.
what if someone doesn't want fbsplash to daemonize.
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