1069497 - Switch vt to KD_GRAPHICS mode before running boot animation

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Core Graveyard :: Widget: Gonk, defect)

Description

[Chris Jones [:cjones] inactive; ni?/f?/r? if you need me]

Use case: usually the android init process switches to KD_GRAPHICS mode when it loads the initlogo.rle image.  But if an initlogo isn't provided, then the switch is never made and graphics don't work properly with some display drivers.

The upcoming patch has BootAnimation ensure that the mode switch has been done, which should be harmless at worst and is required on systems without initlogo.rle (like Raspberry Pi, which because it outputs only to external displays that have variable resolution, can't provide a single static initlogo.rle).

Comment 1

[Chris Jones [:cjones] inactive; ni?/f?/r? if you need me]

Attachment: Switch vt to KD_GRAPHICS mode before running boot animation

Comment 2

[Michael Wu [:mwu]]

This is the wrong place to put such a thing. Is there a fb or hwc hal module you can stick this in?

Comment 3

[Chris Jones [:cjones] inactive; ni?/f?/r? if you need me]

D'oh, missed this.  Please just r- in the future --- I don't read bugspam these days.

Yes, we can sweep this under a hal rug.