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Hi,
You said (more or less)
> Where are all these nice penguins coming from?
Linux fb (framebuffer) console support means you can have very high
resolutions instead of standard 80x25 text console. And since this means
entering graphics mode the developers decided to encode the number of CPUs
detected in the form of short-legged flightless birds of cold southern
Antarctic regions having webbed feet and wings modified as flippers, to
wit, penguins. Naturally, this information is also available in normal
text form during boot.
Why penguins? The legend goes that when Linus visited one of Antarctic
science stations (which are powered by Linux) a penguin attacked and bit
him.
Regards,
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Tigran A. Aivazian | http://www.sco.com
Escalations Research Group | tel: +44-(0)1923-813796
Santa Cruz Operation Ltd | http://www.ocston.org/~tigran
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Sorry, I forgot to answer your question -
the reason why you are seeing them on some, but not all, machines means
that some machines are configured with framebuffer support and some are
not. This choice is made during kernel configuration/compilation. Refer to
the nearest kernel-howto document for more info on how to compile the
kernel.
Regards,
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Tigran A. Aivazian | http://www.sco.com
Escalations Research Group | tel: +44-(0)1923-813796
Santa Cruz Operation Ltd | http://www.ocston.org/~tigran
On Fri, 29 Oct 1999, Tigran Aivazian wrote:
> Hi,
>
> You said (more or less)
>
> > Where are all these nice penguins coming from?
>
> Linux fb (framebuffer) console support means you can have very high
> resolutions instead of standard 80x25 text console. And since this means
> entering graphics mode the developers decided to encode the number of CPUs
> detected in the form of short-legged flightless birds of cold southern
> Antarctic regions having webbed feet and wings modified as flippers, to
> wit, penguins. Naturally, this information is also available in normal
> text form during boot.
>
> Why penguins? The legend goes that when Linus visited one of Antarctic
> science stations (which are powered by Linux) a penguin attacked and bit
> him.
>
> Regards,
> ------
> Tigran A. Aivazian | http://www.sco.com
> Escalations Research Group | tel: +44-(0)1923-813796
> Santa Cruz Operation Ltd | http://www.ocston.org/~tigran
>
>
>
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On Fri, Oct 29, 1999 at 07:55:13AM +0100, Tigran Aivazian wrote:
> Hi,
> You said (more or less)
>
> > Where are all these nice penguins coming from?
....
> Why penguins? The legend goes that when Linus visited one of Antarctic
> science stations (which are powered by Linux) a penguin attacked and bit
> him.
Before you continue the legend... Linus was in New Zeeland (at some
zoo) when that happened. Quite a lot of distance from Antarctic.
> Regards,
> Tigran A. Aivazian | http://www.sco.com
> Santa Cruz Operation Ltd | http://www.ocston.org/~tigran
/Matti Aarnio <matti.aarnio@sonera.fi>
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