Bug 286567 - boot_mute should provide means for changing overlay image
Summary: boot_mute should provide means for changing overlay image
Status: New
Alias: None
Product: Base System
Classification: Unclassified
Component: kern (show other bugs)
Version: 15.0-CURRENT
Hardware: Any Any
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Reported: 2025-05-04 08:40 UTC by Steven Harms
Modified: 2025-05-04 18:48 UTC (History)
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Description Steven Harms 2025-05-04 08:40:29 UTC 
Given that (per bug #286556), boot_mute is used to signal "put up an image over hardware init and rc startup" (although it fails to do the latter per bug #286559), users should have the option of configuring that image through some sort of loader.conf(5) hint.

The change here would be to:

1. Document the option value
2. Provide the option / respect the option

When under syscons(4) versus vt(4), options such as these were surfaced in the kernel via  bitmap_name and splash_bmp_load