[fbsplash patch] - text rendering.

[walter harms]

Michele Sanges schrieb:
> Yann,
> thank you for the comments.
> 
> Yann E. MORIN ha scritto:
>>> Yes, but I think also that this feature could be easily put under
>>> conditional compilation.
>>
>> Yes, it should be a config option.
> 
> Ok, now the text rendering is under the FBSPLASH_TEXT_RENDERING option.
> 
> 
>>>> The fontmap sounds like it could reside in RO, perhaps.
>>> What you mean with RO? Read only memory? Isn't it hardware dependent?
>>> Please, can you give me a more detailed description?
>>
>> -static char fontmap[95][12] = {
>> +static const char fontmap[95][12] = {
> 
> Uh, much more clear! Of course, done.
> 
> 

concerning that fontmap ...
i am not an expert, but can we settle for a std. format like PBM or so ?
That will open a whole box of additional tools and we get an PBM reader
for free.

re,
 wh