This document describes how to get fbsplash up-n-running in a fast and 
 painless way.

 0) Preparation. Make sure you have ACCEPT_KEYWORDS set to ~x86 or 
    ~<your_arch>. Make sure you know where your PORTDIR_OVERLAY
    points to (usually: /usr/local/portage). Both these variables
    can be found in /etc/make.conf.

 1) Install the latest development kernel: 
    # emerge development-sources

 2) Prepare a working environment:
    # cd ~ ; mkdir fbsplash ; cd fbsplash
    # wget http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/projects/gensplash/splashutils-0.9-pre06-gentoo.tar.bz2
    # wget http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/projects/gensplash/fbsplash-0.9-r5-2.6.8-rc3.patch

 3) Unpack the splashutils ebuild:
    # mkdir -p /usr/local/portage/media-gfx
    # cd /usr/local/portage/media-gfx
    # tar -jxvf ~/fbsplash/splashutils-0.9-pre06-gentoo.tar.bz2

 4) Patch the kernel:
    # cd /usr/src/linux
    # cat ~/fbsplash/fbsplash-0.9-r5-2.6.8-rc3.patch | patch -p1
  
 5) Configure and build your kernel:
    # make menuconfig
    # make

 6) Install splashutils:
    # emerge splashutils

 7) Create a initramfs image for fbsplash:
    # rm /usr/src/linux/usr/initramfs_data.cpio.gz
    # splash_geninitramfs -v -g /usr/src/linux/usr/initramfs_data.cpio.gz -r 1024x768 emergence

 8) Rebuild you kernel:
    # cd /usr/src/linux
    # touch usr/initramfs_data.cpio.gz
    # make

 9) Install your new kernel:
    # make modules_install

    If you use the kernel installation system to install new kernel images:
    # make install
    
10) Configure your bootloader: (instructions for grub)
    # cd /boot/grub
    
    Edit menu.lst, find the entry for your kernel, and put 'splash=silent,theme:emergence' 
    onto the kernel command line. You should get smth like this:

    title Gentoo Linux (vanilla, 2.6.8-rc3)
        root (hd0,4)
        kernel /boot/linux-2.6.8-rc3 ro root=/dev/hda1 video=vesafb:ywrap,pmipal,1024x768-32@85 splash=silent,theme:emergence

 This is it. Reboot and enjoy fbsplash :) You can remove the files from ~/fbsplash if
 you want.