From: David Newall <davidn@davidnewall.com>
To: Daniel Mack <daniel@caiaq.de>
Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
Clemens Ladisch <clemens@ladisch.de>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vt: make the default cursor shape configurable
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:28:03 +1030 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4AF8582B.2000403@davidnewall.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20091109145056.GB14091@buzzloop.caiaq.de>
Daniel Mack wrote:
> I had that previously and the response was that there is no reason to
> define that setting per-boot process, as it is rather unlikely that you
> want to change it from one boot to the next. Hence, it should be set at
> compile time.
>
It should be set as a boot parameter, since this is fixed at system
installation and then left untouched.
> And even if the cursor behaviour is changable at runtime, I don't see
> why it shouldn't have a selectable compile time default. Which is what
> the patch adds.
It seems like adding cruft to the kernel that is just as effectively
available at run-time. Where does it end? Do we eventually add bash to
the kernel?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-11-09 17:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-11-05 9:17 [PATCH] fbcon: make cursor display conditional Daniel Mack
2009-11-06 8:16 ` Clemens Ladisch
2009-11-06 14:39 ` Andrea Righi
2009-11-06 16:45 ` Daniel Mack
2009-11-09 8:35 ` Clemens Ladisch
2009-11-09 9:10 ` Daniel Mack
2009-11-09 9:15 ` [PATCH] vt: make the default cursor shape configurable Clemens Ladisch
2009-11-09 9:53 ` Alan Cox
2009-11-09 11:26 ` Clemens Ladisch
2009-11-09 11:46 ` Alan Cox
2009-11-09 12:21 ` Clemens Ladisch
2009-11-09 14:50 ` Daniel Mack
2009-11-09 17:58 ` David Newall [this message]
2009-11-09 18:07 ` Daniel Mack
2009-11-09 22:09 ` Daniel Mack
2009-11-10 12:05 ` David Newall
2009-11-10 12:30 ` Daniel Mack
2009-11-10 12:36 ` David Newall
2009-11-10 12:39 ` Daniel Mack
2009-11-10 21:09 ` Pavel Machek
2009-11-10 23:26 ` Andrew Morton
2009-11-11 6:56 ` Clemens Ladisch
2009-11-11 7:54 ` Pavel Machek
2009-11-12 22:05 ` Andrew Morton
2009-11-13 7:28 ` Clemens Ladisch
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