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| author | Clemens Ladisch <clemens@ladisch.de> | 2009-12-15 16:45:39 -0800 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2009-12-16 07:19:57 -0800 |
| commit | 9ea9a886b0e8630e12cff515955e7f0f5be32cb1 (patch) | |
| tree | bf431e1b000e47982d07c81c3d5f3c1be98d92b8 /drivers | |
| parent | 135d5655dc58a24eda64e3f6c192d7d605e10050 (diff) | |
vt: make the default cursor shape configurable
For embedded systems, the blinking cursor at startup time can be annoying
and unintended. Add a new kernel parameter to change the default cursor
shape.
Signed-off-by: Clemens Ladisch <clemens@ladisch.de>
Cc: Daniel Mack <daniel@caiaq.de>
Acked-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
Cc: David Newall <davidn@davidnewall.com>
Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/char/vt.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/vt.c b/drivers/char/vt.c index e43fbc66aef..50faa1fb0f0 100644 --- a/drivers/char/vt.c +++ b/drivers/char/vt.c @@ -164,6 +164,9 @@ module_param(default_utf8, int, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR); int global_cursor_default = -1; module_param(global_cursor_default, int, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR); +static int cur_default = CUR_DEFAULT; +module_param(cur_default, int, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR); + /* * ignore_poke: don't unblank the screen when things are typed. This is * mainly for the privacy of braille terminal users. @@ -1636,7 +1639,7 @@ static void reset_terminal(struct vc_data *vc, int do_clear) /* do not do set_leds here because this causes an endless tasklet loop when the keyboard hasn't been initialized yet */ - vc->vc_cursor_type = CUR_DEFAULT; + vc->vc_cursor_type = cur_default; vc->vc_complement_mask = vc->vc_s_complement_mask; default_attr(vc); @@ -1838,7 +1841,7 @@ static void do_con_trol(struct tty_struct *tty, struct vc_data *vc, int c) if (vc->vc_par[0]) vc->vc_cursor_type = vc->vc_par[0] | (vc->vc_par[1] << 8) | (vc->vc_par[2] << 16); else - vc->vc_cursor_type = CUR_DEFAULT; + vc->vc_cursor_type = cur_default; return; } break; |