[PATCH 3/3] vgacon: Add support for setting the default cursor state

Matthew Garrett
2009-11-13T19:58:05Z

Pass the vga cursor state to the vt layer, ensuring that we don't hide
the cursor when the bootloader has deliberately disabled it.

Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <mjg@redhat.com>
---
drivers/video/console/vgacon.c | 5 ++++-
1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/video/console/vgacon.c b/drivers/video/console/vgacon.c
index 564643e..cc4bbbe 100644
--- a/drivers/video/console/vgacon.c
+++ b/drivers/video/console/vgacon.c
@@ -586,7 +586,10 @@ static void vgacon_init(struct vc_data *c, int init)
if (!vgacon_uni_pagedir[0] && p)
con_set_default_unimap(c);

- hide_boot_cursor(screen_info.flags & VIDEO_FLAGS_NOCURSOR);
+ /* Only set the default if the user didn't deliberately override it */
+ if (global_cursor_default == -1)
+ global_cursor_default =
+ !(screen_info.flags & VIDEO_FLAGS_NOCURSOR);
}

static void vgacon_deinit(struct vc_data *c)
--
1.6.5.2