OF GUI boot?

[Jon Sharp]

Hello all,

I am a long time user of Yaboot and there is a particular feature  
that I would like to help develop, but I would first like to know  
whether it is even feasible.  I would like to see a splash screen on  
boot, similar to the Apple BootX splash screen, rather than the  
standard text prompt.  Perhaps a keystroke would kill the splash and  
allow control of boot parameters.  Perhaps something even more  
sophisticated could eventually be developed for a GUI selection of  
boot devices, similar perhaps to the OS 9 loader of old.

Now, I realize this is pure window-dressing, and that yaboot targets  
more than PPC Macs, but I think it would be a classy touch for those  
running yaboot on their PPC Macs.  As I said, I'm willing to put some  
time into this myself, but I just don't know exactly where to begin.   
I've browsed a bit of the BootX code, and think I've identified the  
code responsible for displaying the gray logo.  BootX is open source,  
but I'm not certain of the license right off.  Is it conceivable that  
this or similar code be added to yaboot to provide some sort of  
graphical splash screen?

Thanks,
Jon Sharp

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