Comment 26 for bug 3339

I am not familiar with this, but is it possible to integrate the recently merged kernel mode switching code into grub2? I am thinking that the bios finishes, grub appears with a ubuntu themed background and offers a pretty menu (assuming you dual boot). On selecting Ubuntu, without a mode switch, the menu gives way to the same background with a starting bar on it. Which gives way to GDM and offers a login screen. Ideally, all of these stages would have the same overall theme and would just be displaying different widgets on the screen. For bonus points have the widgets fade in and out.

Is this possible?

It appears that the kernel is now handling some mysterious thing called "mode switching". Having little clue what that means beyond setting the resolution, is it possible for grub to switch the mode the first time and then hand off control to the kernel without the kernel having to reset the mode?

I may be asking a silly question due to no understanding of the tech involved, but I am trying to advance this bug report. This bug was originally filed as a "SUSE has it, we should" bug. For various reasons, it keeps getting put off. Perhaps, we should make a semi-final decision on this, or perhaps use it as an opportunity to raise the bar entirely. The SABDFL talks about being more visually pleasing than Apple. This would be a killer feature.