Linux graphical bootsplash allows you to use custom graphics during
early system startup. It makes it possible to place a nice graphic
behind or above the kernel boot messages. It hooks into the fbcon
layer and, if activated, searches the initial ramdisk for a JPEG
picture to show. On any output operations to the console, it takes
care of painting a margin around your text and a background picture
behind the text with a set of special cfb functions.