[oi-dev] HEADS UP: loader FB console

[Toomas Soome]

Hi!

With "10028 loader: implement framebuffer console “, the loader does attempt to use framebuffer console as default. We still do not provide FB console for kernel/userland, but stay tuned:)


The change does provide some notable features:

framebuffer command to set/get/list the modes, and switch FB off.  It can be used in /boot/loader.rc.local (or remove .local) to set gfx mode.

loadfont command for manual loading of console fonts (provided in /boot/fonts). Default built in font is 8x16, default loaded font depends on gfx mode.

set screen-font= to switch font based on size

set tem.fg_color=
set tem.bg_color=
set tem.inverse=
set tem.inverse-screen=

we do support standard ansi colors by name or values 0-7, variables can be set in loader.conf or /boot/conf.d/* (without set command, just name=value).

thanks,
toomas