gpe-bootsplash:

Dump /dev/fb0 after the first successful launch of bootsplash and use the dump to display the splashscreen from that point on. Speeds up display of large bootsplash-theme _a lot_. Handles theme changes as well.

diff --git a/packages/gpe-bootsplash/files/speed.patch b/packages/gpe-bootsplash/files/speed.patch
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..32d0432
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/gpe-bootsplash/files/speed.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+--- gpe-bootsplash-1.15/gpe-bootsplash.init.orig       2006-02-19 14:34:22.404426869 +0100
++++ gpe-bootsplash-1.15/gpe-bootsplash.init    2006-02-19 14:29:35.044269116 +0100
+@@ -32,14 +32,46 @@
+       esac
+       echo "0" > /proc/sys/kernel/printk
+ 
+-      # Clear tty2 
++      # Clear tty2    
+       echo -e "\033c" > /dev/tty2
++      
+       chvt 2
+       
+       echo -e "\nLoading bootsplash..." > /dev/tty2
+       echo "Use Fn-LeftArrow to see the boot messages." > /dev/tty2
+ 
+-      /usr/bin/gpe-bootsplash $ARGS || chvt 1
++      # Catch when the user has changed the symlinks manually (normally it doesn't matter which link we check
++      # as themes always update both of them
++      echo "$ARGS" | grep -q -- "--force-landscape" && source_link="splash-l.svg" || source_link="splash-p.svg" 
++
++      # echo "[`cat /etc/bootsplash.name`] = [`readlink /usr/share/gpe/$source_link`]"
++
++      # bootsplash takes quite some time to load external images into an svg file.
++      # We speed things up by dumping the content of fb0, and catting it back (which works instantly)
++      if test -e /etc/bootsplash.raw.gz -a "`cat /etc/bootsplash.name`" = "`readlink /usr/share/gpe/$source_link`"                    
++      then
++              echo -e "\nUsing /etc/bootsplash.raw.gz...." > /dev/tty2
++              sleep 1
++
++              # Turn off the cursor on tty2
++              echo -e "\033[?25l\000" > /dev/tty2 
++
++              zcat /etc/bootsplash.raw.gz > /dev/fb0
++      else
++              rm -f /etc/bootsplash.*
++              # Store the symlinks name as an indication which theme is used at the time we dump the image
++              if (/usr/bin/gpe-bootsplash $ARGS)
++              then                    
++                      readlink /usr/share/gpe/$source_link > /etc/bootsplash.name
++                      
++                      cat /dev/fb0 > /etc/bootsplash.raw ; gzip /etc/bootsplash.raw
++              else
++                      echo -e "\nNOTE: gpe-bootsplash failed to start" >/dev/tty2
++                      sleep 3
++                      chvt 1
++              fi
++              
++      fi      
+       ;;
+ 'stop')
+ ;;

diff --git a/packages/gpe-bootsplash/gpe-bootsplash_1.15.bb b/packages/gpe-bootsplash/gpe-bootsplash_1.15.bb
index fd17846..ca48c60 100644 (file)
--- a/packages/gpe-bootsplash/gpe-bootsplash_1.15.bb
+++ b/packages/gpe-bootsplash/gpe-bootsplash_1.15.bb
@@ -5,11 +5,12 @@ MAINTAINER = "Phil Blundell <pb@handhelds.org>"
 SECTION = "gpe"
 PRIORITY = "optional"
 LICENSE = "GPL"
-PR = "r2"
+PR = "r3"
 
 SRC_URI += "file://splash-p.svg \
            file://splash-l.svg \
-           file://tty2-message.patch;patch=1"
+           file://tty2-message.patch;patch=1 \
+           file://speed.patch;patch=1"
 
 FILES_${PN} += "${datadir}/gpe"