From: Daniel Mack <daniel@caiaq.de>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc: Clemens Ladisch <clemens@ladisch.de>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vt: make the default cursor shape configurable
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 15:50:56 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20091109145056.GB14091@buzzloop.caiaq.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20091109114600.4d91b90e@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
On Mon, Nov 09, 2009 at 11:46:00AM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
> > The justification from Daniel's original patch was:
> > | For embedded systems, the blinking cursor at startup time can be
> > | annoying and unintended.
> >
> > Would a simple "Disable cursor by default" switch more acceptable?
>
> Well I guess you could just make the default cursor define a variable and
> mark it MODULE_PARAM ?
I had that previously and the response was that there is no reason to
define that setting per-boot process, as it is rather unlikely that you
want to change it from one boot to the next. Hence, it should be set at
compile time.
And even if the cursor behaviour is changable at runtime, I don't see
why it shouldn't have a selectable compile time default. Which is what
the patch adds.
Daniel
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-11-09 14:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-11-05 9:17 [PATCH] fbcon: make cursor display conditional Daniel Mack
2009-11-06 8:16 ` Clemens Ladisch
2009-11-06 14:39 ` Andrea Righi
2009-11-06 16:45 ` Daniel Mack
2009-11-09 8:35 ` Clemens Ladisch
2009-11-09 9:10 ` Daniel Mack
2009-11-09 9:15 ` [PATCH] vt: make the default cursor shape configurable Clemens Ladisch
2009-11-09 9:53 ` Alan Cox
2009-11-09 11:26 ` Clemens Ladisch
2009-11-09 11:46 ` Alan Cox
2009-11-09 12:21 ` Clemens Ladisch
2009-11-09 14:50 ` Daniel Mack [this message]
2009-11-09 17:58 ` David Newall
2009-11-09 18:07 ` Daniel Mack
2009-11-09 22:09 ` Daniel Mack
2009-11-10 12:05 ` David Newall
2009-11-10 12:30 ` Daniel Mack
2009-11-10 12:36 ` David Newall
2009-11-10 12:39 ` Daniel Mack
2009-11-10 21:09 ` Pavel Machek
2009-11-10 23:26 ` Andrew Morton
2009-11-11 6:56 ` Clemens Ladisch
2009-11-11 7:54 ` Pavel Machek
2009-11-12 22:05 ` Andrew Morton
2009-11-13 7:28 ` Clemens Ladisch
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