From: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
To: Scot Doyle <lkml14@scotdoyle.com>
Cc: Jean-Christophe Plagniol-Villard <plagnioj@jcrosoft.com>,
Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@ti.com>,
Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>,
linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] fbcon: expose cursor blink interval via sysfs
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2015 09:49:46 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150225094946.GA24627@amd> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.2.11.1501262040380.2052@localhost.localdomain>
On Mon 2015-01-26 20:41:53, Scot Doyle wrote:
> The fbcon cursor, when set to blink, is hardcoded to toggle display state
> five times per second. Expose this setting via
> /sys/class/graphics/fbcon/cursor_blink_ms
>
> Values written to the interface set the approximate time interval in
> milliseconds between cursor toggles, from 1 to 32767. Since the interval
> is stored internally as a number of jiffies, the millisecond value read
> from the interface may not exactly match the entered value.
>
> An outstanding blink timer is reset after a new value is entered.
>
> If the cursor blink is disabled, either via the 'cursor_blink' boolean
> setting or some other mechanism, the 'cursor_blink_ms' setting may still
> be modified. The new value will be used if the blink is reactivated.
>
> Signed-off-by: Scot Doyle <lkml14@scotdoyle.com>
Normally, this would be set by ansi escape sequences, no? We can hide
cursor using them, set its appearance.. makes sense to change timing
value there, too....
Pavel
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-02-25 9:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 46+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-01-26 20:37 [PATCH v3 0/2] fbcon: user-defined cursor blink interval Scot Doyle
2015-01-26 20:40 ` [PATCH v3 1/2] fbcon: store cursor blink interval in fbcon_ops Scot Doyle
2015-01-26 20:41 ` [PATCH v3 2/2] fbcon: expose cursor blink interval via sysfs Scot Doyle
2015-01-26 20:54 ` Richard Weinberger
2015-02-25 9:49 ` Pavel Machek [this message]
2015-02-25 23:32 ` [PATCH " Scot Doyle
2015-02-26 22:02 ` Pavel Machek
2015-02-27 19:10 ` [PATCH 0/2] add cursor blink interval terminal escape sequence Scot Doyle
2015-02-27 19:13 ` [PATCH 1/2] vt: add cursor blink interval " Scot Doyle
2015-03-14 17:48 ` Scot Doyle
2015-03-25 11:19 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
[not found] ` <20150325111949.GA24230-U8xfFu+wG4EAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2015-03-26 13:51 ` [PATCH v2 0/3] add cursor blink interval terminal " Scot Doyle
2015-03-26 13:54 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] vt: add cursor blink interval " Scot Doyle
2015-03-28 0:35 ` Mike Frysinger
2015-03-28 7:50 ` Pavel Machek
2015-03-26 13:56 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] fbcon: use the cursor blink interval provided by vt Scot Doyle
2015-05-19 21:15 ` Kevin Hilman
[not found] ` <CAMAWPa-6ZbE5cDkEZq0XpYa2pHcnf3qweSSVHAXhfhUAUCbKcA-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2015-05-19 21:40 ` Thierry Reding
2015-05-19 21:45 ` Kevin Hilman
[not found] ` <CAMAWPa88E2pfViKLXjxWHuT4ZkVhzYt_BsXGePzc-70ZrEmJFA-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2015-05-19 21:52 ` Thierry Reding
2015-05-19 23:41 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
[not found] ` <20150519234112.GA25218-U8xfFu+wG4EAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2015-05-20 12:36 ` Thierry Reding
[not found] ` <20150520123615.GA24016-AwZRO8vwLAwmlAP/+Wk3EA@public.gmane.org>
2015-05-21 4:26 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
[not found] ` <20150521042638.GB22632-U8xfFu+wG4EAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2015-05-21 8:00 ` Thierry Reding
2015-05-22 2:00 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2015-05-22 10:00 ` Thierry Reding
2015-05-22 10:33 ` Arnd Bergmann
2015-05-22 11:49 ` Thierry Reding
2015-05-22 13:07 ` Silvan Jegen
2015-05-22 13:24 ` Arnd Bergmann
2015-05-22 14:41 ` Thierry Reding
2015-05-22 14:32 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
[not found] ` <20150522143205.GA6508-U8xfFu+wG4EAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2015-05-22 14:44 ` Thierry Reding
2015-05-20 0:36 ` Scot Doyle
2015-03-26 13:57 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] console_codes.4: Add CSI sequence for cursor blink interval Scot Doyle
2015-03-28 7:51 ` Pavel Machek
2015-07-05 17:41 ` Scot Doyle
2015-07-21 16:55 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
[not found] ` <CAKgNAkgqTckfydFTDFsoqB1b_fAEiDZGYP=7b-bhN8d4Mp-bsg-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2015-07-21 18:45 ` Scot Doyle
2015-03-28 7:54 ` [PATCH v2 0/3] add cursor blink interval terminal escape sequence Pavel Machek
2015-05-10 13:32 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2015-02-27 19:15 ` [PATCH 2/2] fbcon: use the cursor blink interval provided by vt Scot Doyle
2015-05-27 5:57 ` Andrey Wagin
[not found] ` <CANaxB-zX4GkExeCzwgYZVDVZE47DHOCnRiYe86difk4fRMK=9A-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2015-05-27 7:52 ` Scot Doyle
2015-05-27 11:07 ` Andrey Wagin
2015-03-02 11:15 ` [PATCH 0/2] add cursor blink interval terminal escape sequence Tomi Valkeinen
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