[Mageia-dev] RFC: Splash + Quiet.

[Thierry Vignaud]

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...