CFT: Graphics support for /boot/loader

[Patrick Hajek]

On Thu, Feb 05, 2009 at 11:18:36PM +0100, Oliver Fromme wrote:
> Hello fellow hackers,
> 
> Some of you might remember that I'm working on graphics
> support for our /boot/loader.  Unfortunately, progress has
> been rather slow because of non-FreeBSD-related activity.
> 
> Anyway, I have now prepared a tarball containing a loader
> binary for public testing.  If you are eager to give it a
> try, please feel free to do so.  It should work with any
> FreeBSD version on i386 and amd64 platforms.
> 
> I have posted detailed instructions on the FreeBSD wiki:
> 
> http://wiki.freebsd.org/OliverFromme/BootLoaderTest
> 
> Any kind of feedback is welcome.

Works on my Toshiba Satellite M60 Laptop
noe# uname -a
FreeBSD noe 7.1-STABLE FreeBSD 7.1-STABLE #27: Tue Jan 20 12:56:40 PST 2009  
i386

Great Job.

-Patrick

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