From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Stefano Stabellini Subject: Re: [PATCH] [RESEND] fbcon: simple text blinking implementation Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:54:11 +0100 Message-ID: <489C17C3.6060006@eu.citrix.com> References: <487F4E20.6090802@eu.citrix.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx1-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.91] helo=mail.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1-new.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KROeX-0001pQ-B9 for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 08 Aug 2008 02:52:57 -0700 Received: from smtp.ctxuk.citrix.com ([62.200.22.115] helo=SMTP.EU.CITRIX.COM) by mail.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.44) id 1KROeV-0007m9-W4 for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 08 Aug 2008 02:52:57 -0700 In-Reply-To: List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net To: Geert Uytterhoeven Cc: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > On Thu, 17 Jul 2008, Stefano Stabellini wrote: >> at the moment blinking is not supported in fbcon but it is supported in >> vgacon. >> Since userspace applications don't distinguish between the two, they just >> assume that the linux terminal is always capable of blinking text. >> However implementing blinking in fbcon is not so difficult: this patch >> provides a very simple (too simple?) implementation of that. >> I am using the flashcursor function to scan the buffer for blinking text. >> For the sake of efficiency I added a simple flag mechanism to disable the scan >> when I am sure that there are no blinking characters on the screen. > > Ehrm, there's already blinking support on some platforms? > are you sure? fbcon isn't supposed to be a software implementation? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/