From: "Antonino A. Daplas" <adaplas@gmail.com>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Cc: Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@osdl.org, mlang@debian.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Set the vga cursor even when hidden
Date: Sun, 06 Nov 2005 09:40:13 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <436D5EFD.9000800@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0511051642580.3316@g5.osdl.org>
Linus Torvalds wrote:
>
> On Sun, 6 Nov 2005, Antonino A. Daplas wrote:
>> Note that this method will produce a split block cursor with EGA, which is
>> still supported by vgacon, but possibly not used anymore. Why not use
>> this method (scanline_end < scanline_start) for VGA, and the default method
>> (moving the cursor out of the screen) for the rest?
>
> I do believe that we can ignore EGA controllers these days.
>
> Or at least accept the fact that anybody who owns an EGA system isn't
> actually likely to care about what his screen looks like.
>
> The EGA support was pretty much a joke even when Linux started ;)
>
Okay, it was a half-hearted comment in the first place :-)
Tony
prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-11-06 1:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-11-05 21:19 [PATCH] Set the vga cursor even when hidden Samuel Thibault
2005-11-05 21:26 ` [PATCH 2.4] " Samuel Thibault
2005-11-06 0:37 ` [PATCH] " Antonino A. Daplas
2005-11-06 0:44 ` Samuel Thibault
2005-11-06 2:11 ` Antonino A. Daplas
2005-11-06 0:45 ` Linus Torvalds
2005-11-06 1:40 ` Antonino A. Daplas [this message]
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