When compiling the current gentoo-dev-sources, 2.6.5-r1, I get a bootsplash-related warning... probably no big deal but I thought I'd let you guys know. (I haven't been keeping up with this.. I'm assuming the gentoo team is applying that bootsplash patch automatically now? Or is this actually part of the 2.6 kernel (if so I guess this is the wrong place... =P)) drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c: In function `splash_init': drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:895: warning: implicit declaration of function `sys_open' drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:902: warning: implicit declaration of function `sys_close'
It's not part of the 2.6 kernel yet, it might get there eventually, but it probably won't be soon. These warnings are harmless and you can use bootsplash safely. Nevertheless, I'll fix them in the next bootsplash release.
Ok, it's been fixed in the latest (0.6.1) bootsplash. Newer versions of gentoo-sources will contain updated patches, so these warnings will be fixed for them as well.