[oi-dev] HEADS UP: loader FB console

[Adam Števko]

Nice job Toomas!

You really deserve a big pack of cookies!

/me sends cookies to tsoome

Cheers,
Adam

On Mon, Jan 7, 2019 at 5:51 PM Toomas Soome via oi-dev <
oi-dev at openindiana.org> wrote:

> 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
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