Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 6 Nov 2009 15:39:18 +0100 | From | Andrea Righi <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] fbcon: make cursor display conditional |
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On Fri, Nov 06, 2009 at 09:16:44AM +0100, Clemens Ladisch wrote: > 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?
Agreed. There's no need to choose if we want the blinking cursor or not at each boot. Better to make this decision at compile time.
-Andrea
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