[systemd-devel] [PATCH v2 7/8] add ppm2bgrx utility

[Kay Sievers]

On Sun, Dec 15, 2013 at 2:51 PM, Kay Sievers <kay at vrfy.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 10:23 AM, Joonas Lahtinen
> <joonas.lahtinen at linux.intel.com> wrote:
>> Add utility to convert 8-bit PPM files into UEFI GOP supported BGRX
>> files to be used as splash screens.
>
> Why not use bmp (or anything similar simple) that is can be edited and
> saved by common tools? It's pretty easy to read that, tianocore uses
> it itself. Should be a lot easier than inventing a new format nobody
> knows about and needing new tools to write them.

We support basic BMP file reading now. So GIMP can just edit the files
and the desktop can show them.

Kay