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authorChris Gianelloni <wolf31o2@gentoo.org>2007-09-17 19:25:50 +0000
committerChris Gianelloni <wolf31o2@gentoo.org>2007-09-17 19:25:50 +0000
commit364336c8dce9ce1ead11a3d3a6a61b6ee775d2fa (patch)
tree2763a8f0de10bcf36c76f57648868720e61fc37a /genkernel.8
parentRemoving the reversal patch for the suspend removal, since it will no longer ... (diff)
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Removing bootsplash support since it hasn't been in a kernel we've supported for years now, causes confusion amongst users, and really wasn't being used and caused issues with 2.6/initrd creation in some corner cases.
git-svn-id: svn+ssh://svn.gentoo.org/var/svnroot/genkernel/trunk@534 67a159dc-881f-0410-a524-ba9dfbe2cb84
Diffstat (limited to 'genkernel.8')
-rw-r--r--genkernel.815
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/genkernel.8 b/genkernel.8
index ec72033f..adbba9b8 100644
--- a/genkernel.8
+++ b/genkernel.8
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ parameters to be used.
All that is needed to run genkernel is just ``genkernel'' with an action
and any flags you might need:
.PP
-# genkernel --menuconfig --no-clean --no-install --bootsplash all
+# genkernel --menuconfig --no-clean --no-install all
.PP
This would produce a kernel, asking you what how to configure it
-to your desire, leaving alone any existing compiled object files, enabling
-bootsplash support but not installing anything.
+to your desire, leaving alone any existing compiled object files, butt not
+installing anything.
.SH ACTIONS
An action tells genkernel what you want it to do - the following
actions are supported:
@@ -175,12 +175,6 @@ module compilation stage of 2.4 series kernels to avoid bottlenecks; the
.PP
.BR Initialization
.TP
-\fB\-\-\fR[no\-]\fBbootsplash=\fR<theme>
-If the extra argument is specified, bootsplash is forced using <theme>
-rather than the default theme specified in your bootsplash
-configuration. If \fB\-\-no-bootsplash\fR is specified, then
-bootsplash is disabled.
-.TP
\fB\-\-\fR[no\-]\fBgensplash=\fR<theme>
If the extra argument is specified, gensplash is forced using <theme>
rather than the default theme specified in your gensplash
@@ -253,8 +247,7 @@ against a kernel source tree.
.TP
\fB\-\-initramfs\-overlay=\fR<dir>
Directory structure to inject into the initramfs.
-Only available on 2.6 kernels that don't use bootsplash; use a CPIO
-archive as a parameter.
+use a CPIO archive as a parameter.
.SH INITRD OPTIONS
The following options can be passed as kernel parameters from the
bootloader, which the initrd scripts would recognize.