From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Geert Uytterhoeven Subject: Re: [PATCH] [RESEND] fbcon: simple text blinking implementation Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:50:35 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: 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 1KJYYv-0004JP-5K for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:50:45 -0700 Received: from winston.telenet-ops.be ([195.130.137.75]) by mail.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.44) id 1KJYYs-00018t-4v for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:50:45 -0700 In-Reply-To: <487F4E20.6090802@eu.citrix.com> 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: Stefano Stabellini Cc: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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? Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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=/