[Mageia-dev] RFC: Splash + Quiet.

Sat Mar 10 18:04:12 CET 2012

On 10 March 2012 17:40, Colin Guthrie <mageia at colin.guthr.ie> wrote:
+> We've used the kernel command line "splash=silent" in the past (as
+> opposed to "splash=verbose") to indicate that we want a splash screen.
+>
+> Most of the upstream projects just check for "splash" on it's own. The
+> absence of the word "splash" means the same as our current "splash=verbose".
+>
+> In order to make this work properly we have to patch both upstream
+> systemd, initscripts, dracut and plymouth.
+>
+> As far as I can tell, there is no gain in doing this so I'm intending to
+> convert our usage to the upstream defaults. If anyone objects, please
+> speak out now!!
+
+just make sure upgrade is done smoothly (s/splash=verbose/splash/
+and /splash=quiet//)
+
+> As a separate issue, kernel debug output is controlled by the "quiet"
+> keyword. We don't use this (haven't since 2003) but personally I believe
+> it's time to include this. It gives a much smoother and more user
+> friendly boot.
+
+Yeah I was thinking about that one for some time...
+