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From: Clemens Ladisch <clemens@ladisch.de>
To: Daniel Mack <daniel@caiaq.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>,
	Andrea Righi <righi.andrea@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fbcon: make cursor display conditional
Date: Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:16:44 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4AF3DB6C.2070300@ladisch.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1257412658-9444-1-git-send-email-daniel@caiaq.de>

Daniel Mack wrote:
> For embedded systems, the blinking cursor at startup time can be
> annoying and unintended. Add a new kernel parameter
> 'fbcon_disable_cursor' which disables it conditionally.

Wouldn't it be more useful to change the CUR_DEFAULT symbol (see the
end of <linux/console_struct.h>) into a kernel parameter, instead of
adding a new flag?


Best regards,
Clemens



  reply	other threads:[~2009-11-06  8:16 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 [this message]
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
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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