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authorAntonino A. Daplas <adaplas@gmail.com>2005-11-07 01:00:35 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>2005-11-07 07:53:50 -0800
commitc465e05a03209651078b95686158648fd7ed84c5 (patch)
treee1119586a567a9a6a5ad9bda43d3438772ecf5a4 /drivers/video/skeletonfb.c
parente764a20196f4e1b497a42fdc6e9d254e7ec290f2 (diff)
[PATCH] fbcon/fbdev: Move softcursor out of fbdev to fbcon
According to Jon Smirl, filling in the field fb_cursor with soft_cursor for drivers that do not support hardware cursors is redundant. The soft_cursor function is usable by all drivers because it is just a wrapper around fb_imageblit. And because soft_cursor is an fbcon-specific hook, the file is moved to the console directory. Thus, drivers that do not support hardware cursors can leave the fb_cursor field blank. For drivers that do, they can fill up this field with their own version. The end result is a smaller code size. And if the framebuffer console is not loaded, module/kernel size is also reduced because the soft_cursor module will also not be loaded. Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@pol.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/video/skeletonfb.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/video/skeletonfb.c9
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/video/skeletonfb.c b/drivers/video/skeletonfb.c
index 7b43716ab66..a01e7ecc15e 100644
--- a/drivers/video/skeletonfb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/skeletonfb.c
@@ -457,11 +457,8 @@ void xxxfb_imageblit(struct fb_info *p, const struct fb_image *image)
}
/**
- * xxxfb_cursor - REQUIRED function. If your hardware lacks support
- * for a cursor you can use the default cursor whose
- * function is called soft_cursor. It will always
- * work since it uses xxxfb_imageblit function which
- * is required.
+ * xxxfb_cursor - OPTIONAL. If your hardware lacks support
+ * for a cursor, leave this field NULL.
*
* @info: frame buffer structure that represents a single frame buffer
* @cursor: structure defining the cursor to draw.
@@ -663,7 +660,7 @@ static struct fb_ops xxxfb_ops = {
.fb_fillrect = xxxfb_fillrect, /* Needed !!! */
.fb_copyarea = xxxfb_copyarea, /* Needed !!! */
.fb_imageblit = xxxfb_imageblit, /* Needed !!! */
- .fb_cursor = xxxfb_cursor, /* Needed !!! */
+ .fb_cursor = xxxfb_cursor, /* Optional !!! */
.fb_rotate = xxxfb_rotate,
.fb_poll = xxxfb_poll,
.fb_sync = xxxfb_sync,