Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:26:28 +0100 | | From | Clemens Ladisch <> | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] vt: make the default cursor shape configurable |
Alan Cox wrote: > Clemens Ladisch <clemens@ladisch.de> wrote: > > Make the default console cursor type configurable rather than > > hard-coding it. > > You can set the cursor type at runtime so this all seems unjustified and > doing this kind of thing at build time is definitely the wrong place.
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?
Clemens
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