video/logo: allow custom logo

Some people like to replace the default Tux boot logo by an image of
their own. There exist a few tutorials here [1] and there [2]. But
this requires modifying the source tree which is a bit cumbersome.

Add a string entry in Kbuild for each of the logo categories
(monochrome, 16-colors, 224-colors). The string entry takes a path to
a .pbm or .ppm image allowing the user to more easily provide a custom
logo without having to modify the sources.

Add an help entry with a short hint on how to convert images to the
portable pixmap file format.

Update the Makefile accordingly. When converted to .c file, the logo
will have one of these fixed file name:

  - logo_linux_mono.c
  - logo_linux_vga16.c
  - logo_linux_clut224.c:

depending on the image type and this regardless of the name of the
.pgm/.ppm source filename. This will allow for further simplifications
in an upcoming change.

[1] ArmadeuS Project wiki -- Linux Boot Logo
Link: https://www.armadeus.org/wiki/index.php?title=Linux_Boot_Logo

[2] Timesys -- How To Use a Custom Boot Logo / Splash Screen
Link: https://linuxlink.timesys.com/docs/wiki/engineering/HOWTO_Use_a_custom_boot_logo

Signed-off-by: Vincent Mailhol <mailhol@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
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Vincent Mailhol 2026-01-08 20:04:51 +01:00 committed by Helge Deller
parent a7aa2b512b
commit dfa6ce636c
2 changed files with 51 additions and 1 deletions

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@ -22,14 +22,55 @@ config LOGO_LINUX_MONO
bool "Standard black and white Linux logo"
default y
config LOGO_LINUX_MONO_FILE
string "Monochrome logo .pbm file"
depends on LOGO_LINUX_MONO
default "drivers/video/logo/logo_linux_mono.pbm"
help
Takes a path to a monochromatic logo in the portable pixmap file
format (.pbm). This defaults to the Tux penguin.
For example, the below ImageMagick command can be used to reduce
an image to black and white and convert it into a pbm file:
magick source_image -compress none destination.pbm
config LOGO_LINUX_VGA16
bool "Standard 16-color Linux logo"
default y
config LOGO_LINUX_VGA16_FILE
string "16-color logo .ppm file"
depends on LOGO_LINUX_VGA16
default "drivers/video/logo/logo_linux_vga16.ppm"
help
Takes a path to a logo in the portable pixmap file format (.ppm),
using the 16 colors from the drivers/video/logo/clut_vga16.ppm
palette. This defaults to the Tux penguin.
For example, the below ImageMagick command can be used to reduce an
image to the VGA 16 colors palette and convert into a ppm file:
magick source_image -compress none \
-remap drivers/video/logo/clut_vga16.ppm destination.ppm
config LOGO_LINUX_CLUT224
bool "Standard 224-color Linux logo"
default y
config LOGO_LINUX_CLUT224_FILE
string "224-color logo .ppm file"
depends on LOGO_LINUX_CLUT224
default "drivers/video/logo/logo_linux_clut224.ppm"
help
Takes a path to a 224-color logo in the portable pixmap file
format (.ppm). This defaults to the Tux penguin.
For example, the below ImageMagick command can be used to reduce
an image palette to 224 colors and convert it into a ppm file:
magick source_image -compress none -colors 224 destination.ppm
config LOGO_DEC_CLUT224
bool "224-color Digital Equipment Corporation Linux logo"
depends on MACH_DECSTATION || ALPHA

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@ -22,7 +22,16 @@ hostprogs := pnmtologo
# Create commands like "pnmtologo -t mono -n logo_mac_mono -o ..."
quiet_cmd_logo = LOGO $@
cmd_logo = $(obj)/pnmtologo -t $2 -n $* -o $@ $<
cmd_logo = $(obj)/pnmtologo -t $2 -n $(basename $(notdir $@)) -o $@ $<
$(obj)/logo_linux_mono.c: $(CONFIG_LOGO_LINUX_MONO_FILE) $(obj)/pnmtologo FORCE
$(call if_changed,logo,mono)
$(obj)/logo_linux_vga16.c: $(CONFIG_LOGO_LINUX_VGA16_FILE) $(obj)/pnmtologo FORCE
$(call if_changed,logo,vga16)
$(obj)/logo_linux_clut224.c: $(CONFIG_LOGO_LINUX_CLUT224_FILE) $(obj)/pnmtologo FORCE
$(call if_changed,logo,clut224)
$(obj)/%.c: $(src)/%.pbm $(obj)/pnmtologo FORCE
$(call if_changed,logo,mono)