trunk/2.6.18/4200_fbsplash-0.9.2-r5.patch

# Patch generated against a6047eef1c465c38aacfbdab193161b3f0cd144
Index: linux-2.6.18/Documentation/fb/00-INDEX
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.18.orig/Documentation/fb/00-INDEX
+++ linux-2.6.18/Documentation/fb/00-INDEX
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ matroxfb.txt
        - info on the Matrox frame buffer driver
 pvr2fb.txt
        - info on the PowerVR 2 frame buffer driver
+splash.txt
+       - info on the Framebuffer Splash
 tgafb.txt
        - info on the TGA (DECChip 21030) frame buffer driver
 vesafb.txt
Index: linux-2.6.18/Documentation/fb/splash.txt
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ linux-2.6.18/Documentation/fb/splash.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,207 @@
+What is it?
+-----------
+
+The framebuffer splash is a kernel feature that allows displaying a background
+picture on selected consoles.
+
+What do I need to get it to work?
+---------------------------------
+
+To get fb splash up-and-running you will have to:
+ 1) get a copy of splashutils [1] or a similar program
+ 2) get some splash themes
+ 3) build the kernel helper program
+ 4) build your kernel with the FB_SPLASH option enabled.
+
+To get fbsplash operational right after fbcon initialization is finished, you
+will have to include a theme and the kernel helper into your initramfs image.
+Please refer to splashutils documentation for instructions on how to do that.
+
+[1] The splashutils package can be downloaded from:
+    http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/projects/splashutils/
+
+The userspace helper
+--------------------
+
+The userspace splash helper (by default: /sbin/splash_helper) is called by the
+kernel whenever an important event occurs and the kernel needs some kind of
+job to be carried out. Important events include console switches and video
+mode switches (the kernel requests background images and configuration
+parameters for the current console). The splash helper must be accessible at
+all times. If it's not, fbsplash will be switched off automatically.
+
+It's possible to set path to the splash helper by writing it to
+/proc/sys/kernel/fbsplash.
+
+*****************************************************************************
+
+The information below is mostly technical stuff. There's probably no need to
+read it unless you plan to develop a userspace helper.
+
+The splash protocol
+-------------------
+
+The splash protocol defines a communication interface between the kernel and
+the userspace splash helper.
+
+The kernel side is responsible for:
+
+ * rendering console text, using an image as a background (instead of a
+   standard solid color fbcon uses),
+ * accepting commands from the user via ioctls on the fbsplash device,
+ * calling the userspace helper to set things up as soon as the fb subsystem
+   is initialized.
+
+The userspace helper is responsible for everything else, including parsing
+configuration files, decompressing the image files whenever the kernel needs
+it, and communicating with the kernel if necessary.
+
+The splash protocol specifies how communication is done in both ways:
+kernel->userspace and userspace->helper.
+
+Kernel -> Userspace
+-------------------
+
+The kernel communicates with the userspace helper by calling it and specifying
+the task to be done in a series of arguments.
+
+The arguments follow the pattern:
+<splash protocol version> <command> <parameters>
+
+All commands defined in splash protocol v2 have the following parameters:
+ virtual console
+ framebuffer number
+ theme
+
+Splash protocol v1 specified an additional 'fbsplash mode' after the
+framebuffer number. Splash protocol v1 is deprecated and should not be used.
+
+Splash protocol v2 specifies the following commands:
+
+getpic
+------
+ The kernel issues this command to request image data. It's up to the
+ userspace  helper to find a background image appropriate for the specified
+ theme and the current resolution. The userspace helper should respond by
+ issuing the FBIOSPLASH_SETPIC ioctl.
+
+init
+----
+ The kernel issues this command after the fbsplash device is created and
+ the fbsplash interface is initialized. Upon receiving 'init', the userspace
+ helper should parse the kernel command line (/proc/cmdline) or otherwise
+ decide whether fbsplash is to be activated.
+
+ To activate fbsplash on the first console the helper should issue the
+ FBIOSPLASH_SETCFG, FBIOSPLASH_SETPIC and FBIOSPLASH_SETSTATE commands,
+ in the above-mentioned order.
+
+ When the userspace helper is called in an early phase of the boot process
+ (right after the initialization of fbcon), no filesystems will be mounted.
+ The helper program should mount sysfs and then create the appropriate
+ framebuffer, fbsplash and tty0 devices (if they don't already exist) to get
+ current display settings and to be able to communicate with the kernel side.
+ It should probably also mount the procfs to be able to parse the kernel
+ command line parameters.
+
+ Note that the console sem is not held when the kernel calls splash_helper
+ with the 'init' command. The splash helper should perform all ioctls with
+ origin set to FB_SPLASH_IO_ORIG_USER.
+
+modechange
+----------
+ The kernel issues this command on a mode change. The helper's response should
+ be similar to the response to the 'init' command. Note that this time the
+ console sem is held and all ioctls must be performed with origin set to
+ FB_SPLASH_IO_ORIG_KERNEL.
+
+
+Userspace -> Kernel
+-------------------
+
+Userspace programs can communicate with fbsplash via ioctls on the fbsplash
+device. These ioctls are to be used by both the userspace helper (called
+only by the kernel) and userspace configuration tools (run by the users).
+
+The splash helper should set the origin field to FB_SPLASH_IO_ORIG_KERNEL
+when doing the appropriate ioctls. All userspace configuration tools should
+use FB_SPLASH_IO_ORIG_USER. Failure to set the appropriate value in the origin
+field when performing ioctls from the kernel helper will most likely result
+in a console deadlock.
+
+FB_SPLASH_IO_ORIG_KERNEL instructs fbsplash not to try to acquire the console
+semaphore. Not surprisingly, FB_SPLASH_IO_ORIG_USER instructs it to acquire
+the console sem.
+
+The framebuffer splash provides the following ioctls (all defined in
+linux/fb.h):
+
+FBIOSPLASH_SETPIC
+description: loads a background picture for a virtual console
+argument: struct fb_splash_iowrapper*; data: struct fb_image*
+notes:
+If called for consoles other than the current foreground one, the picture data
+will be ignored.
+
+If the current virtual console is running in a 8-bpp mode, the cmap substruct
+of fb_image has to be filled appropriately: start should be set to 16 (first
+16 colors are reserved for fbcon), len to a value <= 240 and red, green and
+blue should point to valid cmap data. The transp field is ingored. The fields
+dx, dy, bg_color, fg_color in fb_image are ignored as well.
+
+FBIOSPLASH_SETCFG
+description: sets the fbsplash config for a virtual console
+argument: struct fb_splash_iowrapper*; data: struct vc_splash*
+notes: The structure has to be filled with valid data.
+
+FBIOSPLASH_GETCFG
+description: gets the fbsplash config for a virtual console
+argument: struct fb_splash_iowrapper*; data: struct vc_splash*
+
+FBIOSPLASH_SETSTATE
+description: sets the fbsplash state for a virtual console
+argument: struct fb_splash_iowrapper*; data: unsigned int*
+          values: 0 = disabled, 1 = enabled.
+
+FBIOSPLASH_GETSTATE
+description: gets the fbsplash state for a virtual console
+argument: struct fb_splash_iowrapper*; data: unsigned int*
+          values: as in FBIOSPLASH_SETSTATE
+
+Info on used structures:
+
+Definition of struct vc_splash can be found in linux/console_splash.h. It's
+heavily commented. Note that the 'theme' field should point to a string
+no longer than FB_SPLASH_THEME_LEN. When FBIOSPLASH_GETCFG call is
+performed, the theme field should point to a char buffer of length
+FB_SPLASH_THEME_LEN.
+
+Definition of struct fb_splash_iowrapper can be found in linux/fb.h.
+The fields in this struct have the following meaning:
+
+vc:
+Virtual console number.
+
+origin:
+Specifies if the ioctl is performed as a response to a kernel request. The
+splash helper should set this field to FB_SPLASH_IO_ORIG_KERNEL, userspace
+programs should set it to FB_SPLASH_IO_ORIG_USER. This field is necessary to
+avoid console semaphore deadlocks.
+
+data:
+Pointer to a data structure appropriate for the performed ioctl. Type of
+the data struct is specified in the ioctls description.
+
+*****************************************************************************
+
+Credit
+------
+
+Original 'bootsplash' project & implementation by:
+  Volker Poplawski <volker@poplawski.de>, Stefan Reinauer <stepan@suse.de>,
+  Steffen Winterfeldt <snwint@suse.de>, Michael Schroeder <mls@suse.de>,
+  Ken Wimer <wimer@suse.de>.
+
+Fbsplash, splash protocol design, current implementation & docs by:
+  Michal Januszewski <spock@gentoo.org>
+
Index: linux-2.6.18/drivers/Makefile
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.18.orig/drivers/Makefile
+++ linux-2.6.18/drivers/Makefile
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
 obj-$(CONFIG_PCI)              += pci/
 obj-$(CONFIG_PARISC)           += parisc/
 obj-$(CONFIG_RAPIDIO)          += rapidio/
+# char/ comes before serial/ etc so that the VT console is the boot-time
+# default.
+obj-y                          += char/
 obj-y                          += video/
 obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI)             += acpi/
 # PnP must come after ACPI since it will eventually need to check if acpi
@@ -15,10 +18,6 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI)           += acpi/
 obj-$(CONFIG_PNP)              += pnp/
 obj-$(CONFIG_ARM_AMBA)         += amba/
 
-# char/ comes before serial/ etc so that the VT console is the boot-time
-# default.
-obj-y                          += char/
-
 obj-$(CONFIG_CONNECTOR)                += connector/
 
 # i810fb and intelfb depend on char/agp/
Index: linux-2.6.18/drivers/video/Kconfig
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.18.orig/drivers/video/Kconfig
+++ linux-2.6.18/drivers/video/Kconfig
@@ -855,7 +855,6 @@ config FB_MATROX
        select FB_CFB_FILLRECT
        select FB_CFB_COPYAREA
        select FB_CFB_IMAGEBLIT
-       select FB_TILEBLITTING
        select FB_MACMODES if PPC_PMAC
        ---help---
          Say Y here if you have a Matrox Millennium, Matrox Millennium II,
@@ -1616,5 +1615,15 @@ if SYSFS
        source "drivers/video/backlight/Kconfig"
 endif
 
-endmenu
+config FB_SPLASH
+       bool "Support for the framebuffer splash"
+       depends on FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE=y && !FB_TILEBLITTING
+       default n
+       ---help---
+         This option enables support for the Linux boot-up splash screen and
+         graphical backgrounds on consoles. Note that you will need userspace
+         splash utilities in order to take advantage of these features. Refer
+         to Documentation/fb/splash.txt for more information.
 
+         If unsure, say N.
+endmenu
Index: linux-2.6.18/drivers/video/Makefile
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.18.orig/drivers/video/Makefile
+++ linux-2.6.18/drivers/video/Makefile
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ fb-objs                           := $(f
 obj-$(CONFIG_VT)                 += console/
 obj-$(CONFIG_LOGO)               += logo/
 obj-$(CONFIG_SYSFS)              += backlight/
+obj-$(CONFIG_FB_SPLASH)           += fbsplash.o cfbsplash.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_FB_CFB_FILLRECT)  += cfbfillrect.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_FB_CFB_COPYAREA)  += cfbcopyarea.o
Index: linux-2.6.18/drivers/video/cfbsplash.c
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ linux-2.6.18/drivers/video/cfbsplash.c
@@ -0,0 +1,472 @@
+/*
+ *  linux/drivers/video/cfbsplash.c -- Framebuffer splash render functions
+ *
+ *  Copyright (C) 2004 Michal Januszewski <spock@gentoo.org>
+ *
+ *  Code based upon "Bootsplash" (C) 2001-2003
+ *       Volker Poplawski <volker@poplawski.de>,
+ *       Stefan Reinauer <stepan@suse.de>,
+ *       Steffen Winterfeldt <snwint@suse.de>,
+ *       Michael Schroeder <mls@suse.de>,
+ *       Ken Wimer <wimer@suse.de>.
+ *
+ *  This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public
+ *  License.  See the file COPYING in the main directory of this archive for
+ *  more details.
+ */
+#include <linux/config.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/fb.h>
+#include <linux/selection.h>
+#include <linux/vt_kern.h>
+#include <asm/irq.h>
+#include <asm/system.h>
+
+#include "console/fbcon.h"
+#include "fbsplash.h"
+
+#define parse_pixel(shift,bpp,type)                                            \
+       do {                                                                    \
+               if (d & (0x80 >> (shift)))                                      \
+                       dd2[(shift)] = fgx;                                     \
+               else                                                            \
+                       dd2[(shift)] = transparent ? *(type *)splash_src : bgx; \
+               splash_src += (bpp);                                            \
+       } while (0)                                                             \
+
+extern int get_color(struct vc_data *vc, struct fb_info *info,
+                    u16 c, int is_fg);
+
+void fbsplash_fix_pseudo_pal(struct fb_info *info, struct vc_data *vc)
+{
+       int i, j, k;
+       int minlen = min(min(info->var.red.length, info->var.green.length),
+                            info->var.blue.length);
+       u32 col;
+
+       for (j = i = 0; i < 16; i++) {
+               k = color_table[i];
+
+               col = ((vc->vc_palette[j++]  >> (8-minlen))
+                       << info->var.red.offset);
+               col |= ((vc->vc_palette[j++] >> (8-minlen))
+                       << info->var.green.offset);
+               col |= ((vc->vc_palette[j++] >> (8-minlen))
+                       << info->var.blue.offset);
+                       ((u32 *)info->pseudo_palette)[k] = col;
+       }
+}
+
+void fbsplash_renderc(struct fb_info *info, int ypos, int xpos, int height,
+                     int width, u8* src, u32 fgx, u32 bgx, u8 transparent)
+{
+       unsigned int x, y;
+       u32 dd;
+       int bytespp = ((info->var.bits_per_pixel + 7) >> 3);
+       unsigned int d = ypos * info->fix.line_length + xpos * bytespp;
+       unsigned int ds = (ypos * info->var.xres + xpos) * bytespp;
+       u16 dd2[4];
+
+       u8* splash_src = (u8 *)(info->splash.data + ds);
+       u8* dst = (u8 *)(info->screen_base + d);
+
+       if ((ypos + height) > info->var.yres || (xpos + width) > info->var.xres)
+               return;
+
+       for (y = 0; y < height; y++) {
+               switch (info->var.bits_per_pixel) {
+
+               case 32:
+                       for (x = 0; x < width; x++) {
+
+                               if ((x & 7) == 0)
+                                       d = *src++;
+                               if (d & 0x80)
+                                       dd = fgx;
+                               else
+                                       dd = transparent ?
+                                            *(u32 *)splash_src : bgx;
+
+                               d <<= 1;
+                               splash_src += 4;
+                               fb_writel(dd, dst);
+                               dst += 4;
+                       }
+                       break;
+               case 24:
+                       for (x = 0; x < width; x++) {
+
+                               if ((x & 7) == 0)
+                                       d = *src++;
+                               if (d & 0x80)
+                                       dd = fgx;
+                               else
+                                       dd = transparent ?
+                                            (*(u32 *)splash_src & 0xffffff) : bgx;
+
+                               d <<= 1;
+                               splash_src += 3;
+#ifdef __LITTLE_ENDIAN
+                               fb_writew(dd & 0xffff, dst);
+                               dst += 2;
+                               fb_writeb((dd >> 16), dst);
+#else
+                               fb_writew(dd >> 8, dst);
+                               dst += 2;
+                               fb_writeb(dd & 0xff, dst);
+#endif
+                               dst++;
+                       }
+                       break;
+               case 16:
+                       for (x = 0; x < width; x += 2) {
+                               if ((x & 7) == 0)
+                                       d = *src++;
+
+                               parse_pixel(0, 2, u16);
+                               parse_pixel(1, 2, u16);
+#ifdef __LITTLE_ENDIAN
+                               dd = dd2[0] | (dd2[1] << 16);
+#else
+                               dd = dd2[1] | (dd2[0] << 16);
+#endif
+                               d <<= 2;
+                               fb_writel(dd, dst);
+                               dst += 4;
+                       }
+                       break;
+
+               case 8:
+                       for (x = 0; x < width; x += 4) {
+                               if ((x & 7) == 0)
+                                       d = *src++;
+
+                               parse_pixel(0, 1, u8);
+                               parse_pixel(1, 1, u8);
+                               parse_pixel(2, 1, u8);
+                               parse_pixel(3, 1, u8);
+
+#ifdef __LITTLE_ENDIAN
+                               dd = dd2[0] | (dd2[1] << 8) | (dd2[2] << 16) | (dd2[3] << 24);
+#else
+                               dd = dd2[3] | (dd2[2] << 8) | (dd2[1] << 16) | (dd2[0] << 24);
+#endif
+                               d <<= 4;
+                               fb_writel(dd, dst);
+                               dst += 4;
+                       }
+               }
+
+               dst += info->fix.line_length - width * bytespp;
+               splash_src += (info->var.xres - width) * bytespp;
+       }
+}
+
+#define cc2cx(a)                                               \
+       ((info->fix.visual == FB_VISUAL_TRUECOLOR ||            \
+         info->fix.visual == FB_VISUAL_DIRECTCOLOR) ?          \
+        ((u32*)info->pseudo_palette)[a] : a)
+
+void fbsplash_putcs(struct vc_data *vc, struct fb_info *info,
+                  const unsigned short *s, int count, int yy, int xx)
+{
+       unsigned short charmask = vc->vc_hi_font_mask ? 0x1ff : 0xff;
+       struct fbcon_ops *ops = info->fbcon_par;
+       int fg_color, bg_color, transparent;
+       u8 *src;
+       u32 bgx, fgx;
+       u16 c = scr_readw(s);
+
+       fg_color = get_color(vc, info, c, 1);
+        bg_color = get_color(vc, info, c, 0);
+
+       /* Don't paint the background image if console is blanked */
+       transparent = ops->blank_state ? 0 :
+               (vc->vc_splash.bg_color == bg_color);
+
+       xx = xx * vc->vc_font.width + vc->vc_splash.tx;
+       yy = yy * vc->vc_font.height + vc->vc_splash.ty;
+
+       fgx = cc2cx(fg_color);
+       bgx = cc2cx(bg_color);
+
+       while (count--) {
+               c = scr_readw(s++);
+               src = vc->vc_font.data + (c & charmask) * vc->vc_font.height *
+                     ((vc->vc_font.width + 7) >> 3);
+
+               fbsplash_renderc(info, yy, xx, vc->vc_font.height,
+                              vc->vc_font.width, src, fgx, bgx, transparent);
+               xx += vc->vc_font.width;
+       }
+}
+
+void fbsplash_cursor(struct fb_info *info, struct fb_cursor *cursor)
+{
+       int i;
+       unsigned int dsize, s_pitch;
+       struct fbcon_ops *ops = info->fbcon_par;
+       struct vc_data* vc;
+       u8 *src;
+
+       /* we really don't need any cursors while the console is blanked */
+       if (info->state != FBINFO_STATE_RUNNING || ops->blank_state)
+               return;
+
+       vc = vc_cons[ops->currcon].d;
+
+       src = kmalloc(64 + sizeof(struct fb_image), GFP_ATOMIC);
+       if (!src)
+               return;
+
+       s_pitch = (cursor->image.width + 7) >> 3;
+       dsize = s_pitch * cursor->image.height;
+       if (cursor->enable) {
+               switch (cursor->rop) {
+               case ROP_XOR:
+                       for (i = 0; i < dsize; i++)
+                               src[i] = cursor->image.data[i] ^ cursor->mask[i];
+                        break;
+               case ROP_COPY:
+               default:
+                       for (i = 0; i < dsize; i++)
+                               src[i] = cursor->image.data[i] & cursor->mask[i];
+                       break;
+               }
+       } else
+               memcpy(src, cursor->image.data, dsize);
+
+       fbsplash_renderc(info,
+                       cursor->image.dy + vc->vc_splash.ty,
+                       cursor->image.dx + vc->vc_splash.tx,
+                       cursor->image.height,
+                       cursor->image.width,
+                       (u8*)src,
+                       cc2cx(cursor->image.fg_color),
+                       cc2cx(cursor->image.bg_color),
+                       cursor->image.bg_color == vc->vc_splash.bg_color);
+
+       kfree(src);
+}
+
+static void splashset(u8 *dst, int height, int width, int dstbytes,
+                       u32 bgx, int bpp)
+{
+       int i;
+
+       if (bpp == 8)
+               bgx |= bgx << 8;
+       if (bpp == 16 || bpp == 8)
+               bgx |= bgx << 16;
+
+       while (height-- > 0) {
+               u8 *p = dst;
+
+               switch (bpp) {
+
+               case 32:
+                       for (i=0; i < width; i++) {
+                               fb_writel(bgx, p); p += 4;
+                       }
+                       break;
+               case 24:
+                       for (i=0; i < width; i++) {
+#ifdef __LITTLE_ENDIAN
+                               fb_writew((bgx & 0xffff),(u16*)p); p += 2;
+                               fb_writeb((bgx >> 16),p++);
+#else
+                               fb_writew((bgx >> 8),(u16*)p); p += 2;
+                               fb_writeb((bgx & 0xff),p++);
+#endif
+                       }
+               case 16:
+                       for (i=0; i < width/4; i++) {
+                               fb_writel(bgx,p); p += 4;
+                               fb_writel(bgx,p); p += 4;
+                       }
+                       if (width & 2) {
+                               fb_writel(bgx,p); p += 4;
+                       }
+                       if (width & 1)
+                               fb_writew(bgx,(u16*)p);
+                       break;
+               case 8:
+                       for (i=0; i < width/4; i++) {
+                               fb_writel(bgx,p); p += 4;
+                       }
+
+                       if (width & 2) {
+                               fb_writew(bgx,p); p += 2;
+                       }
+                       if (width & 1)
+                               fb_writeb(bgx,(u8*)p);
+                       break;
+
+               }
+               dst += dstbytes;
+       }
+}
+
+void fbsplash_copy(u8 *dst, u8 *src, int height, int width, int linebytes,
+                  int srclinebytes, int bpp)
+{
+       int i;
+
+       while (height-- > 0) {
+               u32 *p = (u32 *)dst;
+               u32 *q = (u32 *)src;
+
+               switch (bpp) {
+
+               case 32:
+                       for (i=0; i < width; i++)
+                               fb_writel(*q++, p++);
+                       break;
+               case 24:
+                       for (i=0; i < (width*3/4); i++)
+                               fb_writel(*q++, p++);
+                       if ((width*3) % 4) {
+                               if (width & 2) {
+                                       fb_writeb(*(u8*)q, (u8*)p);
+                               } else if (width & 1) {
+                                       fb_writew(*(u16*)q, (u16*)p);
+                                       fb_writeb(*(u8*)((u16*)q+1),(u8*)((u16*)p+2));
+                               }
+                       }
+                       break;
+               case 16:
+                       for (i=0; i < width/4; i++) {
+                               fb_writel(*q++, p++);
+                               fb_writel(*q++, p++);
+                       }
+                       if (width & 2)
+                               fb_writel(*q++, p++);
+                       if (width & 1)
+                               fb_writew(*(u16*)q, (u16*)p);
+                       break;
+               case 8:
+                       for (i=0; i < width/4; i++)
+                               fb_writel(*q++, p++);
+
+                       if (width & 2) {
+                               fb_writew(*(u16*)q, (u16*)p);
+                               q = (u32*) ((u16*)q + 1);
+                               p = (u32*) ((u16*)p + 1);
+                       }
+                       if (width & 1)
+                               fb_writeb(*(u8*)q, (u8*)p);
+                       break;
+               }
+
+               dst += linebytes;
+               src += srclinebytes;
+       }
+}
+
+static void splashfill(struct fb_info *info, int sy, int sx, int height,
+                      int width)
+{
+       int bytespp = ((info->var.bits_per_pixel + 7) >> 3);
+       int d  = sy * info->fix.line_length + sx * bytespp;
+       int ds = (sy * info->var.xres + sx) * bytespp;
+
+       fbsplash_copy((u8 *)(info->screen_base + d), (u8 *)(info->splash.data + ds),
+                   height, width, info->fix.line_length, info->var.xres * bytespp,
+                   info->var.bits_per_pixel);
+}
+
+void fbsplash_clear(struct vc_data *vc, struct fb_info *info, int sy, int sx,
+                   int height, int width)
+{
+       int bgshift = (vc->vc_hi_font_mask) ? 13 : 12;
+       int bg_color = attr_bgcol_ec(bgshift, vc);
+       int transparent = vc->vc_splash.bg_color == bg_color;
+       struct fbcon_ops *ops = info->fbcon_par;
+       u8 *dst;
+
+       sy = sy * vc->vc_font.height + vc->vc_splash.ty;
+       sx = sx * vc->vc_font.width + vc->vc_splash.tx;
+       height *= vc->vc_font.height;
+       width *= vc->vc_font.width;
+
+       /* Don't paint the background image if console is blanked */
+       if (transparent && !ops->blank_state) {
+               splashfill(info, sy, sx, height, width);
+       } else {
+               dst = (u8 *)(info->screen_base + sy * info->fix.line_length +
+                            sx * ((info->var.bits_per_pixel + 7) >> 3));
+               splashset(dst, height, width, info->fix.line_length, cc2cx(bg_color),
+                         info->var.bits_per_pixel);
+       }
+}
+
+void fbsplash_clear_margins(struct vc_data *vc, struct fb_info *info,
+                           int bottom_only)
+{
+       unsigned int tw = vc->vc_cols*vc->vc_font.width;
+       unsigned int th = vc->vc_rows*vc->vc_font.height;
+
+       if (!bottom_only) {
+               /* top margin */
+               splashfill(info, 0, 0, vc->vc_splash.ty, info->var.xres);
+               /* left margin */
+               splashfill(info, vc->vc_splash.ty, 0, th, vc->vc_splash.tx);
+               /* right margin */
+               splashfill(info, vc->vc_splash.ty, vc->vc_splash.tx + tw, th,
+                          info->var.xres - vc->vc_splash.tx - tw);
+       }
+       splashfill(info, vc->vc_splash.ty + th, 0,
+                  info->var.yres - vc->vc_splash.ty - th, info->var.xres);
+}
+
+void fbsplash_bmove_redraw(struct vc_data *vc, struct fb_info *info, int y,
+                          int sx, int dx, int width)
+{
+       u16 *d = (u16 *) (vc->vc_origin + vc->vc_size_row * y + dx * 2);
+       u16 *s = d + (dx - sx);
+       u16 *start = d;
+       u16 *ls = d;
+       u16 *le = d + width;
+       u16 c;
+       int x = dx;
+       u16 attr = 1;
+
+       do {
+               c = scr_readw(d);
+               if (attr != (c & 0xff00)) {
+                       attr = c & 0xff00;
+                       if (d > start) {
+                               fbsplash_putcs(vc, info, start, d - start, y, x);
+                               x += d - start;
+                               start = d;
+                       }
+               }
+               if (s >= ls && s < le && c == scr_readw(s)) {
+                       if (d > start) {
+                               fbsplash_putcs(vc, info, start, d - start, y, x);
+                               x += d - start + 1;
+                               start = d + 1;
+                       } else {
+                               x++;
+                               start++;
+                       }
+               }
+               s++;
+               d++;
+       } while (d < le);
+       if (d > start)
+               fbsplash_putcs(vc, info, start, d - start, y, x);
+}
+
+void fbsplash_blank(struct vc_data *vc, struct fb_info *info, int blank)
+{
+       if (blank) {
+               splashset((u8 *)info->screen_base, info->var.yres, info->var.xres,
+                         info->fix.line_length, 0, info->var.bits_per_pixel);
+       } else {
+               update_screen(vc);
+               fbsplash_clear_margins(vc, info, 0);
+       }
+}
+
Index: linux-2.6.18/drivers/video/console/bitblit.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.18.orig/drivers/video/console/bitblit.c
+++ linux-2.6.18/drivers/video/console/bitblit.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include <linux/console.h>
 #include <asm/types.h>
 #include "fbcon.h"
+#include "../fbsplash.h"
 
 /*
  * Accelerated handlers.
@@ -54,6 +55,13 @@ static void bit_bmove(struct vc_data *vc
        area.height = height * vc->vc_font.height;
        area.width = width * vc->vc_font.width;
 
+       if (fbsplash_active(info, vc)) {
+               area.sx += vc->vc_splash.tx;
+               area.sy += vc->vc_splash.ty;
+               area.dx += vc->vc_splash.tx;
+               area.dy += vc->vc_splash.ty;
+       }
+
        info->fbops->fb_copyarea(info, &area);
 }
 
@@ -379,11 +387,15 @@ static void bit_cursor(struct vc_data *v
        cursor.image.depth = 1;
        cursor.rop = ROP_XOR;
 
-       if (info->fbops->fb_cursor)
-               err = info->fbops->fb_cursor(info, &cursor);
+       if (fbsplash_active(info, vc)) {
+               fbsplash_cursor(info, &cursor);
+       } else {
+               if (info->fbops->fb_cursor)
+                       err = info->fbops->fb_cursor(info, &cursor);
 
-       if (err)
-               soft_cursor(info, &cursor);
+               if (err)
+                       soft_cursor(info, &cursor);
+       }
 
        ops->cursor_reset = 0;
 }
Index: linux-2.6.18/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.18.orig/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c
+++ linux-2.6.18/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #include "fbcon.h"
+#include "../fbsplash.h"
 
 #ifdef FBCONDEBUG
 #  define DPRINTK(fmt, args...) printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: " fmt, __FUNCTION__ , ## args)
@@ -106,7 +107,7 @@ enum {
 
 static struct display fb_display[MAX_NR_CONSOLES];
 
-static signed char con2fb_map[MAX_NR_CONSOLES];
+signed char con2fb_map[MAX_NR_CONSOLES];
 static signed char con2fb_map_boot[MAX_NR_CONSOLES];
 static int logo_height;
 static int logo_lines;
@@ -300,7 +301,7 @@ static inline int fbcon_is_inactive(stru
                vc->vc_mode != KD_TEXT || ops->graphics);
 }
 
-static inline int get_color(struct vc_data *vc, struct fb_info *info,
+inline int get_color(struct vc_data *vc, struct fb_info *info,
              u16 c, int is_fg)
 {
        int depth = fb_get_color_depth(&info->var, &info->fix);
@@ -409,6 +410,7 @@ static void fb_flashcursor(void *private
                CM_ERASE : CM_DRAW;
        ops->cursor(vc, info, mode, softback_lines, get_color(vc, info, c, 1),
                    get_color(vc, info, c, 0));
+
        release_console_sem();
 }
 
@@ -574,6 +576,8 @@ static int fbcon_takeover(int show_logo)
                info_idx = -1;
        }
 
+       fbsplash_init();
+
        return err;
 }
 
@@ -980,6 +984,12 @@ static const char *fbcon_startup(void)
        rows = FBCON_SWAP(ops->rotate, info->var.yres, info->var.xres);
        cols /= vc->vc_font.width;
        rows /= vc->vc_font.height;
+
+       if (fbsplash_active(info, vc)) {
+               cols = vc->vc_splash.twidth / vc->vc_font.width;
+               rows = vc->vc_splash.theight / vc->vc_font.height;
+       }
+
        vc_resize(vc, cols, rows);
 
        DPRINTK("mode:   %s\n", info->fix.id);
@@ -1063,7 +1073,7 @@ static void fbcon_init(struct vc_data *v
        cap = info->flags;
 
        if (vc != svc || logo_shown == FBCON_LOGO_DONTSHOW ||
-           (info->fix.type == FB_TYPE_TEXT))
+           (info->fix.type == FB_TYPE_TEXT) || fbsplash_active(info, vc))
                logo = 0;
 
        if (var_to_display(p, &info->var, info))
@@ -1257,6 +1267,11 @@ static void fbcon_clear(struct vc_data *
        if (!height || !width)
                return;
 
+       if (fbsplash_active(info, vc)) {
+               fbsplash_clear(vc, info, sy, sx, height, width);
+               return;
+       }
+
        /* Split blits that cross physical y_wrap boundary */
 
        y_break = p->vrows - p->yscroll;
@@ -1276,10 +1291,15 @@ static void fbcon_putcs(struct vc_data *
        struct display *p = &fb_display[vc->vc_num];
        struct fbcon_ops *ops = info->fbcon_par;
 
-       if (!fbcon_is_inactive(vc, info))
-               ops->putcs(vc, info, s, count, real_y(p, ypos), xpos,
-                          get_color(vc, info, scr_readw(s), 1),
-                          get_color(vc, info, scr_readw(s), 0));
+       if (!fbcon_is_inactive(vc, info)) {
+
+               if (fbsplash_active(info, vc))
+                       fbsplash_putcs(vc, info, s, count, ypos, xpos);
+               else
+                       ops->putcs(vc, info, s, count, real_y(p, ypos), xpos,
+                                  get_color(vc, info, scr_readw(s), 1),
+                                  get_color(vc, info, scr_readw(s), 0));
+       }
 }
 
 static void fbcon_putc(struct vc_data *vc, int c, int ypos, int xpos)
@@ -1295,8 +1315,13 @@ static void fbcon_clear_margins(struct v
        struct fb_info *info = registered_fb[con2fb_map[vc->vc_num]];
        struct fbcon_ops *ops = info->fbcon_par;
 
-       if (!fbcon_is_inactive(vc, info))
-               ops->clear_margins(vc, info, bottom_only);
+       if (!fbcon_is_inactive(vc, info)) {
+               if (fbsplash_active(info, vc)) {
+                       fbsplash_clear_margins(vc, info, bottom_only);
+               } else {
+                       ops->clear_margins(vc, info, bottom_only);
+               }
+       }
 }
 
 static void fbcon_cursor(struct vc_data *vc, int mode)
@@ -1769,7 +1794,7 @@ static int fbcon_scroll(struct vc_data *
                        count = vc->vc_rows;
                if (softback_top)
                        fbcon_softback_note(vc, t, count);
-               if (logo_shown >= 0)
+               if (logo_shown >= 0 || fbsplash_active(info, vc))
                        goto redraw_up;
                switch (p->scrollmode) {
                case SCROLL_MOVE:
@@ -1857,6 +1882,8 @@ static int fbcon_scroll(struct vc_data *
                        count = vc->vc_rows;
                if (logo_shown >= 0)
                        goto redraw_down;
+               if (fbsplash_active(info, vc))
+                       goto redraw_down;
                switch (p->scrollmode) {
                case SCROLL_MOVE:
                        ops->bmove(vc, info, t, 0, t + count, 0,
@@ -1999,6 +2026,13 @@ static void fbcon_bmove_rec(struct vc_da
                }
                return;
        }
+
+       if (fbsplash_active(info, vc) && sy == dy && height == 1) {
+               /* must use slower redraw bmove to keep background pic intact */
+               fbsplash_bmove_redraw(vc, info, sy, sx, dx, width);
+               return;
+       }
+
        ops->bmove(vc, info, real_y(p, sy), sx, real_y(p, dy), dx,
                   height, width);
 }
@@ -2069,8 +2103,9 @@ static int fbcon_resize(struct vc_data *
        var.yres = virt_h * virt_fh;
        x_diff = info->var.xres - var.xres;
        y_diff = info->var.yres - var.yres;
-       if (x_diff < 0 || x_diff > virt_fw ||
-           y_diff < 0 || y_diff > virt_fh) {
+
+       if ((x_diff < 0 || x_diff > virt_fw ||
+           y_diff < 0 || y_diff > virt_fh) && !vc->vc_splash.state) {
                struct fb_videomode *mode;
 
                DPRINTK("attempting resize %ix%i\n", var.xres, var.yres);
@@ -2106,6 +2141,25 @@ static int fbcon_switch(struct vc_data *
 
        info = registered_fb[con2fb_map[vc->vc_num]];
        ops = info->fbcon_par;
+       prev_console = ops->currcon;
+       if (prev_console != -1)
+               old_info = registered_fb[con2fb_map[prev_console]];
+
+       if (fbsplash_active_vc(vc)) {
+               struct vc_data *vc_curr = vc_cons[prev_console].d;
+               if (!vc_curr->vc_splash.theme || strcmp(vc->vc_splash.theme, vc_curr->vc_splash.theme)) {
+                       if (fbsplash_call_helper("getpic", vc->vc_num))
+                               fbsplash_disable(vc, 0);
+               }
+       } else if (info->fix.visual == FB_VISUAL_DIRECTCOLOR) {
+               struct vc_data *vc_curr = vc_cons[prev_console].d;
+               if (vc_curr && fbsplash_active_vc(vc_curr)) {
+                       /* Clear the screen to avoid displaying funky colors during
+                        * palette updates. */
+                       memset((u8*)info->screen_base + info->fix.line_length * info->var.yoffset,
+                              0, info->var.yres * info->fix.line_length);
+               }
+       }
 
        if (softback_top) {
                if (softback_lines)
@@ -2124,9 +2178,6 @@ static int fbcon_switch(struct vc_data *
                logo_shown = FBCON_LOGO_CANSHOW;
        }
 
-       prev_console = ops->currcon;
-       if (prev_console != -1)
-               old_info = registered_fb[con2fb_map[prev_console]];
        /*
         * FIXME: If we have multiple fbdev's loaded, we need to
         * update all info->currcon.  Perhaps, we can place this
@@ -2166,6 +2217,11 @@ static int fbcon_switch(struct vc_data *
                        fbcon_del_cursor_timer(old_info);
        }
 
+       if (fbsplash_active_nores(info, vc) && !fbsplash_active(info, vc)) {
+               if (fbsplash_call_helper("modechange", vc->vc_num))
+                       fbsplash_disable(vc, 0);
+       }
+
        fbcon_add_cursor_timer(info);
        set_blitting_type(vc, info);
        ops->cursor_reset = 1;
@@ -2268,8 +2324,12 @@ static int fbcon_blank(struct vc_data *v
                        fbcon_cursor(vc, blank ? CM_ERASE : CM_DRAW);
                        ops->cursor_flash = (!blank);
 
-                       if (fb_blank(info, blank))
-                               fbcon_generic_blank(vc, info, blank);
+                       if (fb_blank(info, blank)) {
+                               if (fbsplash_active(info, vc))
+                                       fbsplash_blank(vc, info, blank);
+                               else
+                                       fbcon_generic_blank(vc, info, blank);
+                       }
                }
 
                if (!blank)
@@ -2419,13 +2479,22 @@ static int fbcon_do_set_font(struct vc_d
        }
 
        if (resize) {
+               /* reset wrap/pan */
                int cols, rows;
 
                cols = FBCON_SWAP(ops->rotate, info->var.xres, info->var.yres);
                rows = FBCON_SWAP(ops->rotate, info->var.yres, info->var.xres);
+
+               info->var.xoffset = info->var.yoffset = p->yscroll = 0;
+               if (fbsplash_active(info, vc)) {
+                       cols = vc->vc_splash.twidth;
+                       rows = vc->vc_splash.theight;
+               }
                cols /= w;
                rows /= h;
+
                vc_resize(vc, cols, rows);
+
                if (CON_IS_VISIBLE(vc) && softback_buf)
                        fbcon_update_softback(vc);
        } else if (CON_IS_VISIBLE(vc)
@@ -2543,7 +2612,7 @@ static int fbcon_set_palette(struct vc_d
        int i, j, k, depth;
        u8 val;
 
-       if (fbcon_is_inactive(vc, info))
+       if (fbcon_is_inactive(vc, info) || vc->vc_num != fg_console)
                return -EINVAL;
 
        if (!CON_IS_VISIBLE(vc))
@@ -2569,7 +2638,49 @@ static int fbcon_set_palette(struct vc_d
        } else
                fb_copy_cmap(fb_default_cmap(1 << depth), &palette_cmap);
 
-       return fb_set_cmap(&palette_cmap, info);
+       if (fbsplash_active(info, vc_cons[fg_console].d) &&
+           info->fix.visual == FB_VISUAL_DIRECTCOLOR) {
+
+               u16 *red, *green, *blue;
+               int minlen = min(min(info->var.red.length, info->var.green.length),
+                                    info->var.blue.length);
+               int h;
+
+               struct fb_cmap cmap = {
+                       .start = 0,
+                       .len = (1 << minlen),
+                       .red = NULL,
+                       .green = NULL,
+                       .blue = NULL,
+                       .transp = NULL
+               };
+
+               red = kmalloc(256 * sizeof(u16) * 3, GFP_KERNEL);
+
+               if (!red)
+                       goto out;
+
+               green = red + 256;
+               blue = green + 256;
+               cmap.red = red;
+               cmap.green = green;
+               cmap.blue = blue;
+
+               for (i = 0; i < cmap.len; i++) {
+                       red[i] = green[i] = blue[i] = (0xffff * i)/(cmap.len-1);
+               }
+
+               h = fb_set_cmap(&cmap, info);
+               fbsplash_fix_pseudo_pal(info, vc_cons[fg_console].d);
+               kfree(red);
+
+               return h;
+
+       } else if (fbsplash_active(info, vc_cons[fg_console].d) &&
+                  info->var.bits_per_pixel == 8 && info->splash.cmap.red != NULL)
+               fb_set_cmap(&info->splash.cmap, info);
+
+out:   return fb_set_cmap(&palette_cmap, info);
 }
 
 static u16 *fbcon_screen_pos(struct vc_data *vc, int offset)
@@ -2795,7 +2906,14 @@ static void fbcon_modechanged(struct fb_
                rows = FBCON_SWAP(ops->rotate, info->var.yres, info->var.xres);
                cols /= vc->vc_font.width;
                rows /= vc->vc_font.height;
-               vc_resize(vc, cols, rows);
+
+               if (!fbsplash_active_nores(info, vc)) {
+                       vc_resize(vc, cols, rows);
+               } else {
+                       if (fbsplash_call_helper("modechange", vc->vc_num))
+                               fbsplash_disable(vc, 0);
+               }
+
                updatescrollmode(p, info, vc);
                scrollback_max = 0;
                scrollback_current = 0;
@@ -3235,6 +3353,7 @@ static void fbcon_exit(void)
                }
        }
 
+       fbsplash_exit();
        fbcon_has_exited = 1;
 }
 
Index: linux-2.6.18/drivers/video/fbcmap.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.18.orig/drivers/video/fbcmap.c
+++ linux-2.6.18/drivers/video/fbcmap.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/fb.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
+#include "fbsplash.h"
 
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 
@@ -239,9 +240,12 @@ int fb_set_cmap(struct fb_cmap *cmap, st
                                break;
                }
        }
-       if (rc == 0)
+       if (rc == 0) {
                fb_copy_cmap(cmap, &info->cmap);
-
+               if (fbsplash_active(info, vc_cons[fg_console].d) &&
+                   info->fix.visual == FB_VISUAL_DIRECTCOLOR)
+                       fbsplash_fix_pseudo_pal(info, vc_cons[fg_console].d);
+       }
        return rc;
 }
 
Index: linux-2.6.18/drivers/video/fbsplash.c
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ linux-2.6.18/drivers/video/fbsplash.c
@@ -0,0 +1,425 @@
+/*
+ *  linux/drivers/video/fbsplash.c -- Framebuffer splash routines
+ *
+ *  Copyright (C) 2004 Michal Januszewski <spock@gentoo.org>
+ *
+ *  Code based upon "Bootsplash" (C) 2001-2003
+ *       Volker Poplawski <volker@poplawski.de>,
+ *       Stefan Reinauer <stepan@suse.de>,
+ *       Steffen Winterfeldt <snwint@suse.de>,
+ *       Michael Schroeder <mls@suse.de>,
+ *       Ken Wimer <wimer@suse.de>.
+ *
+ *  Splash render routines are located in /linux/drivers/video/cfbsplash.c
+ *
+ *  This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public
+ *  License.  See the file COPYING in the main directory of this archive for
+ *  more details.
+ *
+ */
+#include <linux/config.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/fb.h>
+#include <linux/vt_kern.h>
+#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
+#include <linux/unistd.h>
+#include <linux/syscalls.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/proc_fs.h>
+#include <linux/workqueue.h>
+#include <linux/kmod.h>
+#include <linux/miscdevice.h>
+#include <linux/device.h>
+#include <linux/fs.h>
+
+#include <asm/uaccess.h>
+#include <asm/irq.h>
+#include <asm/system.h>
+
+#include "console/fbcon.h"
+#include "fbsplash.h"
+
+#define SPLASH_VERSION                 "0.9.2"
+
+extern signed char con2fb_map[];
+static int fbsplash_enable(struct vc_data *vc);
+char fbsplash_path[KMOD_PATH_LEN] = "/sbin/splash_helper";
+static int initialized = 0;
+
+int fbsplash_call_helper(char* cmd, unsigned short vc)
+{
+       char *envp[] = {
+               "HOME=/",
+               "PATH=/sbin:/bin",
+               NULL
+       };
+
+       char tfb[5];
+       char tcons[5];
+       unsigned char fb = (int) con2fb_map[vc];
+
+       char *argv[] = {
+               fbsplash_path,
+               "2",
+               cmd,
+               tcons,
+               tfb,
+               vc_cons[vc].d->vc_splash.theme,
+               NULL
+       };
+
+       snprintf(tfb,5,"%d",fb);
+       snprintf(tcons,5,"%d",vc);
+
+       return call_usermodehelper(fbsplash_path, argv, envp, 1);
+}
+
+/* Disables fbsplash on a virtual console; called with console sem held. */
+int fbsplash_disable(struct vc_data *vc, unsigned char redraw)
+{
+       struct fb_info* info;
+
+       if (!vc->vc_splash.state)
+               return -EINVAL;
+
+       info = registered_fb[(int) con2fb_map[vc->vc_num]];
+
+       if (info == NULL)
+               return -EINVAL;
+
+       vc->vc_splash.state = 0;
+       vc_resize(vc, info->var.xres / vc->vc_font.width,
+                 info->var.yres / vc->vc_font.height);
+
+       if (fg_console == vc->vc_num && redraw) {
+               redraw_screen(vc, 0);
+               update_region(vc, vc->vc_origin +
+                             vc->vc_size_row * vc->vc_top,
+                             vc->vc_size_row * (vc->vc_bottom - vc->vc_top) / 2);
+       }
+
+       printk(KERN_INFO "fbsplash: switched splash state to 'off' on console %d\n",
+                        vc->vc_num);
+
+       return 0;
+}
+
+/* Enables fbsplash on a virtual console; called with console sem held. */
+static int fbsplash_enable(struct vc_data *vc)
+{
+       struct fb_info* info;
+
+       info = registered_fb[(int) con2fb_map[vc->vc_num]];
+
+       if (vc->vc_splash.twidth == 0 || vc->vc_splash.theight == 0 ||
+           info == NULL || vc->vc_splash.state || (!info->splash.data &&
+           vc->vc_num == fg_console))
+               return -EINVAL;
+
+       vc->vc_splash.state = 1;
+       vc_resize(vc, vc->vc_splash.twidth / vc->vc_font.width,
+                 vc->vc_splash.theight / vc->vc_font.height);
+
+       if (fg_console == vc->vc_num) {
+               redraw_screen(vc, 0);
+               update_region(vc, vc->vc_origin +
+                             vc->vc_size_row * vc->vc_top,
+                             vc->vc_size_row * (vc->vc_bottom - vc->vc_top) / 2);
+               fbsplash_clear_margins(vc, info, 0);
+       }
+
+       printk(KERN_INFO "fbsplash: switched splash state to 'on' on console %d\n",
+                        vc->vc_num);
+
+       return 0;
+}
+
+static inline int fbsplash_ioctl_dosetstate(struct vc_data *vc, unsigned int __user* state, unsigned char origin)
+{
+       int tmp, ret;
+
+       if (get_user(tmp, state))
+               return -EFAULT;
+
+       if (origin == FB_SPLASH_IO_ORIG_USER)
+               acquire_console_sem();
+       if (!tmp)
+               ret = fbsplash_disable(vc, 1);
+       else
+               ret = fbsplash_enable(vc);
+       if (origin == FB_SPLASH_IO_ORIG_USER)
+               release_console_sem();
+
+       return ret;
+}
+
+static inline int fbsplash_ioctl_dogetstate(struct vc_data *vc, unsigned int __user *state)
+{
+       return put_user(vc->vc_splash.state, (unsigned int __user*) state);
+}
+
+static int fbsplash_ioctl_dosetcfg(struct vc_data *vc, struct vc_splash __user *arg, unsigned char origin)
+{
+       struct vc_splash cfg;
+       struct fb_info *info;
+       int len;
+       char *tmp;
+
+       info = registered_fb[(int) con2fb_map[vc->vc_num]];
+
+       if (copy_from_user(&cfg, arg, sizeof(struct vc_splash)))
+               return -EFAULT;
+       if (info == NULL || !cfg.twidth || !cfg.theight ||
+           cfg.tx + cfg.twidth  > info->var.xres ||
+           cfg.ty + cfg.theight > info->var.yres)
+               return -EINVAL;
+
+       len = strlen_user(cfg.theme);
+       if (!len || len > FB_SPLASH_THEME_LEN)
+               return -EINVAL;
+       tmp = kmalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);
+       if (!tmp)
+               return -ENOMEM;
+       if (copy_from_user(tmp, (void __user *)cfg.theme, len))
+               return -EFAULT;
+       cfg.theme = tmp;
+       cfg.state = 0;
+
+       /* If this ioctl is a response to a request from kernel, the console sem
+        * is already held; we also don't need to disable splash because either the
+        * new config and background picture will be successfully loaded, and the
+        * splash will stay on, or in case of a failure it'll be turned off in fbcon. */
+       if (origin == FB_SPLASH_IO_ORIG_USER) {
+               acquire_console_sem();
+               if (vc->vc_splash.state)
+                       fbsplash_disable(vc, 1);
+       }
+
+       if (vc->vc_splash.theme)
+               kfree(vc->vc_splash.theme);
+
+       vc->vc_splash = cfg;
+
+       if (origin == FB_SPLASH_IO_ORIG_USER)
+               release_console_sem();
+
+       printk(KERN_INFO "fbsplash: console %d using theme '%s'\n",
+                        vc->vc_num, vc->vc_splash.theme);
+       return 0;
+}
+
+static int fbsplash_ioctl_dogetcfg(struct vc_data *vc, struct vc_splash __user *arg)
+{
+       struct vc_splash splash;
+       char __user *tmp;
+
+       if (get_user(tmp, &arg->theme))
+               return -EFAULT;
+
+       splash = vc->vc_splash;
+       splash.theme = tmp;
+
+       if (vc->vc_splash.theme) {
+               if (copy_to_user(tmp, vc->vc_splash.theme, strlen(vc->vc_splash.theme) + 1))
+                       return -EFAULT;
+       } else
+               if (put_user(0, tmp))
+                       return -EFAULT;
+
+       if (copy_to_user(arg, &splash, sizeof(struct vc_splash)))
+               return -EFAULT;
+
+       return 0;
+}
+
+static int fbsplash_ioctl_dosetpic(struct vc_data *vc, struct fb_image __user *arg, unsigned char origin)
+{
+       struct fb_image img;
+       struct fb_info *info;
+       int len;
+       u8 *tmp;
+
+       if (vc->vc_num != fg_console)
+               return -EINVAL;
+
+       info = registered_fb[(int) con2fb_map[vc->vc_num]];
+
+       if (info == NULL)
+               return -EINVAL;
+
+       if (copy_from_user(&img, arg, sizeof(struct fb_image)))
+               return -EFAULT;
+
+       if (img.width != info->var.xres || img.height != info->var.yres) {
+               printk(KERN_ERR "fbsplash: picture dimensions mismatch\n");
+               return -EINVAL;
+       }
+
+       if (img.depth != info->var.bits_per_pixel) {
+               printk(KERN_ERR "fbsplash: picture depth mismatch\n");
+               return -EINVAL;
+       }
+
+       if (img.depth == 8) {
+               if (!img.cmap.len || !img.cmap.red || !img.cmap.green ||
+                   !img.cmap.blue)
+                       return -EINVAL;
+
+               tmp = vmalloc(img.cmap.len * 3 * 2);
+               if (!tmp)
+                       return -ENOMEM;
+
+               if (copy_from_user(tmp, (void __user*)img.cmap.red, img.cmap.len * 2) ||
+                   copy_from_user(tmp + (img.cmap.len << 1),
+                                  (void __user*)img.cmap.green, (img.cmap.len << 1)) ||
+                   copy_from_user(tmp + (img.cmap.len << 2),
+                                  (void __user*)img.cmap.blue, (img.cmap.len << 1))) {
+                       vfree(tmp);
+                       return -EFAULT;
+               }
+
+               img.cmap.transp = NULL;
+               img.cmap.red = (u16*)tmp;
+               img.cmap.green = img.cmap.red + img.cmap.len;
+               img.cmap.blue = img.cmap.green + img.cmap.len;
+       } else {
+               img.cmap.red = NULL;
+       }
+
+       len = ((img.depth + 7) >> 3) * img.width * img.height;
+       tmp = vmalloc(len);
+
+       if (!tmp)
+               goto out;
+
+       if (copy_from_user(tmp, (void __user*)img.data, len))
+               goto out;
+
+       img.data = tmp;
+
+       /* If this ioctl is a response to a request from kernel, the console sem
+        * is already held. */
+       if (origin == FB_SPLASH_IO_ORIG_USER)
+               acquire_console_sem();
+
+       if (info->splash.data)
+               vfree((u8*)info->splash.data);
+       if (info->splash.cmap.red)
+               vfree(info->splash.cmap.red);
+
+       info->splash = img;
+
+       if (origin == FB_SPLASH_IO_ORIG_USER)
+               release_console_sem();
+
+       return 0;
+
+out:   if (img.cmap.red)
+               vfree(img.cmap.red);
+       if (tmp)
+               vfree(tmp);
+       return -ENOMEM;
+}
+
+static int splash_ioctl(struct inode * inode, struct file *filp, u_int cmd,
+                       u_long arg)
+{
+       struct fb_splash_iowrapper __user *wrapper = (void __user*) arg;
+       struct vc_data *vc = NULL;
+       unsigned short vc_num = 0;
+       unsigned char origin = 0;
+       void __user *data = NULL;
+
+       if (!access_ok(VERIFY_READ, wrapper,
+                       sizeof(struct fb_splash_iowrapper)))
+               return -EFAULT;
+
+       __get_user(vc_num, &wrapper->vc);
+       __get_user(origin, &wrapper->origin);
+       __get_user(data, &wrapper->data);
+
+       if (!vc_cons_allocated(vc_num))
+               return -EINVAL;
+
+       vc = vc_cons[vc_num].d;
+
+       switch (cmd) {
+       case FBIOSPLASH_SETPIC:
+               return fbsplash_ioctl_dosetpic(vc, (struct fb_image __user*)data, origin);
+       case FBIOSPLASH_SETCFG:
+               return fbsplash_ioctl_dosetcfg(vc, (struct vc_splash*)data, origin);
+       case FBIOSPLASH_GETCFG:
+               return fbsplash_ioctl_dogetcfg(vc, (struct vc_splash*)data);
+       case FBIOSPLASH_SETSTATE:
+               return fbsplash_ioctl_dosetstate(vc, (unsigned int *)data, origin);
+       case FBIOSPLASH_GETSTATE:
+               return fbsplash_ioctl_dogetstate(vc, (unsigned int *)data);
+       default:
+               return -ENOIOCTLCMD;
+       }
+}
+
+static struct file_operations splash_ops = {
+       .owner = THIS_MODULE,
+       .ioctl = splash_ioctl
+};
+
+static struct miscdevice splash_dev = {
+       .minor = MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR,
+       .name = "fbsplash",
+       .fops = &splash_ops
+};
+
+void fbsplash_reset(void)
+{
+       struct fb_info *info;
+       struct vc_data *vc;
+       int i;
+
+       vc = vc_cons[0].d;
+       info = registered_fb[0];
+
+       for (i = 0; i < num_registered_fb; i++) {
+               registered_fb[i]->splash.data = NULL;
+               registered_fb[i]->splash.cmap.red = NULL;
+       }
+
+       for (i = 0; i < MAX_NR_CONSOLES && vc_cons[i].d; i++) {
+               vc_cons[i].d->vc_splash.state = vc_cons[i].d->vc_splash.twidth =
+                                               vc_cons[i].d->vc_splash.theight = 0;
+               vc_cons[i].d->vc_splash.theme = NULL;
+       }
+
+       return;
+}
+
+int fbsplash_init(void)
+{
+       int i;
+
+       fbsplash_reset();
+
+       if (initialized)
+               return 0;
+
+       i = misc_register(&splash_dev);
+       if (i) {
+               printk(KERN_ERR "fbsplash: failed to register device\n");
+               return i;
+       }
+
+       fbsplash_call_helper("init", 0);
+       initialized = 1;
+       return 0;
+}
+
+int fbsplash_exit(void)
+{
+       fbsplash_reset();
+       return 0;
+}
+
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(fbsplash_path);
Index: linux-2.6.18/drivers/video/fbsplash.h
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ linux-2.6.18/drivers/video/fbsplash.h
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+/*
+ *  linux/drivers/video/fbsplash.h -- Framebuffer splash headers
+ *
+ *  Copyright (C) 2004 Michal Januszewski <spock@gentoo.org>
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef __FB_SPLASH_H
+#define __FB_SPLASH_H
+
+#ifndef _LINUX_FB_H
+#include <linux/fb.h>
+#endif
+
+/* This is needed for vc_cons in fbcmap.c */
+#include <linux/vt_kern.h>
+
+struct fb_cursor;
+struct fb_info;
+struct vc_data;
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_FB_SPLASH
+/* fbsplash.c */
+int fbsplash_init(void);
+int fbsplash_exit(void);
+int fbsplash_call_helper(char* cmd, unsigned short cons);
+int fbsplash_disable(struct vc_data *vc, unsigned char redraw);
+
+/* cfbsplash.c */
+void fbsplash_putcs(struct vc_data *vc, struct fb_info *info, const unsigned short *s, int count, int yy, int xx);
+void fbsplash_cursor(struct fb_info *info, struct fb_cursor *cursor);
+void fbsplash_clear(struct vc_data *vc, struct fb_info *info, int sy, int sx, int height, int width);
+void fbsplash_clear_margins(struct vc_data *vc, struct fb_info *info, int bottom_only);
+void fbsplash_blank(struct vc_data *vc, struct fb_info *info, int blank);
+void fbsplash_bmove_redraw(struct vc_data *vc, struct fb_info *info, int y, int sx, int dx, int width);
+void fbsplash_copy(u8 *dst, u8 *src, int height, int width, int linebytes, int srclinesbytes, int bpp);
+void fbsplash_fix_pseudo_pal(struct fb_info *info, struct vc_data *vc);
+
+/* vt.c */
+void acquire_console_sem(void);
+void release_console_sem(void);
+void do_unblank_screen(int entering_gfx);
+
+/* struct vc_data *y */
+#define fbsplash_active_vc(y) (y->vc_splash.state && y->vc_splash.theme)
+
+/* struct fb_info *x, struct vc_data *y */
+#define fbsplash_active_nores(x,y) (x->splash.data && fbsplash_active_vc(y))
+
+/* struct fb_info *x, struct vc_data *y */
+#define fbsplash_active(x,y) (fbsplash_active_nores(x,y) &&            \
+                             x->splash.width == x->var.xres &&         \
+                             x->splash.height == x->var.yres &&        \
+                             x->splash.depth == x->var.bits_per_pixel)
+
+
+#else /* CONFIG_FB_SPLASH */
+
+static inline void fbsplash_putcs(struct vc_data *vc, struct fb_info *info, const unsigned short *s, int count, int yy, int xx) {}
+static inline void fbsplash_putc(struct vc_data *vc, struct fb_info *info, int c, int ypos, int xpos) {}
+static inline void fbsplash_cursor(struct fb_info *info, struct fb_cursor *cursor) {}
+static inline void fbsplash_clear(struct vc_data *vc, struct fb_info *info, int sy, int sx, int height, int width) {}
+static inline void fbsplash_clear_margins(struct vc_data *vc, struct fb_info *info, int bottom_only) {}
+static inline void fbsplash_blank(struct vc_data *vc, struct fb_info *info, int blank) {}
+static inline void fbsplash_bmove_redraw(struct vc_data *vc, struct fb_info *info, int y, int sx, int dx, int width) {}
+static inline void fbsplash_fix_pseudo_pal(struct fb_info *info, struct vc_data *vc) {}
+static inline int fbsplash_call_helper(char* cmd, unsigned short cons) { return 0; }
+static inline int fbsplash_init(void) { return 0; }
+static inline int fbsplash_exit(void) { return 0; }
+static inline int fbsplash_disable(struct vc_data *vc, unsigned char redraw) { return 0; }
+
+#define fbsplash_active_vc(y) (0)
+#define fbsplash_active_nores(x,y) (0)
+#define fbsplash_active(x,y) (0)
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_FB_SPLASH */
+
+#endif /* __FB_SPLASH_H */
Index: linux-2.6.18/include/linux/console_splash.h
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ linux-2.6.18/include/linux/console_splash.h
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#ifndef _LINUX_CONSOLE_SPLASH_H_
+#define _LINUX_CONSOLE_SPLASH_H_ 1
+
+/* A structure used by the framebuffer splash code (drivers/video/fbsplash.c) */
+struct vc_splash {
+       __u8 bg_color;                          /* The color that is to be treated as transparent */
+       __u8 state;                             /* Current splash state: 0 = off, 1 = on */
+       __u16 tx, ty;                           /* Top left corner coordinates of the text field */
+       __u16 twidth, theight;                  /* Width and height of the text field */
+       char* theme;
+};
+
+#endif
Index: linux-2.6.18/include/linux/console_struct.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.18.orig/include/linux/console_struct.h
+++ linux-2.6.18/include/linux/console_struct.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 struct vt_struct;
 
 #define NPAR 16
+#include <linux/console_splash.h>
 
 struct vc_data {
        unsigned short  vc_num;                 /* Console number */
@@ -98,6 +99,8 @@ struct vc_data {
        struct vc_data **vc_display_fg;         /* [!] Ptr to var holding fg console for this display */
        unsigned long   vc_uni_pagedir;
        unsigned long   *vc_uni_pagedir_loc;  /* [!] Location of uni_pagedir variable for this console */
+
+       struct vc_splash vc_splash;
        /* additional information is in vt_kern.h */
 };
 
Index: linux-2.6.18/include/linux/fb.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.18.orig/include/linux/fb.h
+++ linux-2.6.18/include/linux/fb.h
@@ -8,6 +8,13 @@
 #define FB_MAJOR               29
 #define FB_MAX                 32      /* sufficient for now */
 
+struct fb_splash_iowrapper
+{
+       unsigned short vc;              /* Virtual console */
+       unsigned char origin;           /* Point of origin of the request */
+       void *data;
+};
+
 /* ioctls
    0x46 is 'F'                                                         */
 #define FBIOGET_VSCREENINFO    0x4600
@@ -35,7 +42,15 @@
 #define FBIOGET_HWCINFO         0x4616
 #define FBIOPUT_MODEINFO        0x4617
 #define FBIOGET_DISPINFO        0x4618
-
+#define FBIOSPLASH_SETCFG      _IOWR('F', 0x19, struct fb_splash_iowrapper)
+#define FBIOSPLASH_GETCFG      _IOR('F', 0x1A, struct fb_splash_iowrapper)
+#define FBIOSPLASH_SETSTATE    _IOWR('F', 0x1B, struct fb_splash_iowrapper)
+#define FBIOSPLASH_GETSTATE    _IOR('F', 0x1C, struct fb_splash_iowrapper)
+#define FBIOSPLASH_SETPIC      _IOWR('F', 0x1D, struct fb_splash_iowrapper)
+
+#define FB_SPLASH_THEME_LEN            128     /* Maximum lenght of a theme name */
+#define FB_SPLASH_IO_ORIG_KERNEL       0       /* Kernel ioctl origin */
+#define FB_SPLASH_IO_ORIG_USER         1       /* User ioctl origin */
 
 #define FB_TYPE_PACKED_PIXELS          0       /* Packed Pixels        */
 #define FB_TYPE_PLANES                 1       /* Non interleaved planes */
@@ -785,6 +800,9 @@ struct fb_info {
 #define FBINFO_STATE_SUSPENDED 1
        u32 state;                      /* Hardware state i.e suspend */
        void *fbcon_par;                /* fbcon use-only private area */
+
+       struct fb_image splash;
+
        /* From here on everything is device dependent */
        void *par;      
 };
Index: linux-2.6.18/include/linux/sysctl.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.18.orig/include/linux/sysctl.h
+++ linux-2.6.18/include/linux/sysctl.h
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ enum
        KERN_IA64_UNALIGNED=72, /* int: ia64 unaligned userland trap enable */
        KERN_COMPAT_LOG=73,     /* int: print compat layer  messages */
        KERN_MAX_LOCK_DEPTH=74,
+       KERN_FBSPLASH=75,       /* string: path to fbsplash helper */
 };
 
 
Index: linux-2.6.18/kernel/sysctl.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.18.orig/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ linux-2.6.18/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -90,6 +90,9 @@ static int ngroups_max = NGROUPS_MAX;
 #ifdef CONFIG_KMOD
 extern char modprobe_path[];
 #endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_FB_SPLASH
+extern char fbsplash_path[];
+#endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_CHR_DEV_SG
 extern int sg_big_buff;
 #endif
@@ -407,6 +410,17 @@ static ctl_table kern_table[] = {
                .strategy       = &sysctl_string,
        },
 #endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_FB_SPLASH
+       {
+               .ctl_name       = KERN_FBSPLASH,
+               .procname       = "fbsplash",
+               .data           = &fbsplash_path,
+               .maxlen         = KMOD_PATH_LEN,
+               .mode           = 0644,
+               .proc_handler   = &proc_dostring,
+               .strategy       = &sysctl_string,
+       },
+#endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_CHR_DEV_SG
        {
                .ctl_name       = KERN_SG_BIG_BUFF,