From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2017 17:29:49 +0000 Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] fbcon: add fbcon=margin: command line option Message-Id: <5315503.hE13kgSm5B@amdc3058> List-Id: References: <1501605357-30815-1-git-send-email-david@lechnology.com> In-Reply-To: <1501605357-30815-1-git-send-email-david@lechnology.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: David Lechner Cc: linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tuesday, August 01, 2017 11:35:57 AM David Lechner wrote: > This adds a new command line option to select the fbcon margin color. > > The motivation for this is screens where black does not blend into the > physical surroundings of the screen. For example, using an LCD (not the > backlit kind), white text on a black background is hard to read, so > inverting the colors is preferred. However, when you do this, most of the > screen is filled with white but the margins are still filled with black. > This makes a big, black, backwards 'L' on the screen. By setting > fbcon=margin:7, the margins will be filled with white and the LCD looks as > expected. > > Signed-off-by: David Lechner Patch queued for 4.14, thanks. Best regards, -- Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz Samsung R&D Institute Poland Samsung Electronics