Re: no cursor on nvidiafb console in 2.6.14-rc1-mm1

[jurriaan <thunder7@xs4all.nl>]

From: Antonino A. Daplas <adaplas@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Sep 20, 2005 at 06:26:40PM +0800
> Heh, didn't realize that. drivers/video/nvidia/nvidia.c, actually.
> But just apply this patch instead, as a Kconfig change is also
> needed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@pol.net>
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/video/Kconfig b/drivers/video/Kconfig
> --- a/drivers/video/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/video/Kconfig
> @@ -650,6 +650,7 @@ config FB_NVIDIA
>  	select FB_CFB_FILLRECT
>  	select FB_CFB_COPYAREA
>  	select FB_CFB_IMAGEBLIT
> +	select FB_SOFT_CURSOR
>  	help
>  	  This driver supports graphics boards with the nVidia chips, TNT
>  	  and newer. For very old chipsets, such as the RIVA128, then use
> diff --git a/drivers/video/nvidia/nvidia.c b/drivers/video/nvidia/nvidia.c
> --- a/drivers/video/nvidia/nvidia.c
> +++ b/drivers/video/nvidia/nvidia.c
> @@ -893,7 +893,7 @@ static int nvidiafb_cursor(struct fb_inf
>  	int i, set = cursor->set;
>  	u16 fg, bg;
>  
> -	if (!hwcur || cursor->image.width > MAX_CURS || cursor->image.height > MAX_CURS)
> +	if (cursor->image.width > MAX_CURS || cursor->image.height > MAX_CURS)
>  		return -ENXIO;
>  
>  	NVShowHideCursor(par, 0);
> @@ -1356,6 +1356,9 @@ static int __devinit nvidia_set_fbinfo(s
>  	info->pixmap.size = 8 * 1024;
>  	info->pixmap.flags = FB_PIXMAP_SYSTEM;
>  
> +	if (!hwcur)
> +	    info->fbops->fb_cursor = soft_cursor;
> +
>  	info->var.accel_flags = (!noaccel);
>  
>  	switch (par->Architecture) {
> 

Thanks, this fixes my problem.

Jurriaan
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