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SubjectRe: [PATCH v4 0/2] fbcon: user-defined cursor blink interval
On Tue, 27 Jan 2015, Richard Weinberger wrote:

> Am 27.01.2015 um 00:09 schrieb Scot Doyle:
> > Since users prefer different fbcon cursor blink intervals, allow the
> > interval to be set via sysfs. The current interval of 200 milliseconds
> > is retained as the default. Tested with intelfb.
> >
> > v2: Use kstrtos16() instead of kstrtoul() and min_t() as suggested by
> > Geert Uytterhoeven
> > v3: Add error messages as suggested by Tomi Valkeinen
> > v4: Add rationale into patch descriptions as suggested by
> > Richard Weinberger
>
> Hehe, no need to resend immediately a v4, I'm just curios about the use case. :)
> Why do users want a different blink interval? What is the use case?
> And what are these users? Most people use a fbcon only for a few moments
> to fix/restart X11.
>
> Thanks,
> //richard

Ah, I see! With multiple ncurses windows, some of which contain reversed
characters, a blinking underscore is helpful for locating the cursor.
But, the 200 millisecond interval can be distracting. Another example is
http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/55423/how-to-change-cursor-shape-color-and-blinkrate-of-linux-console


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