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| author | Matthew Garrett <mjg@redhat.com> | 2009-11-13 21:14:11 +0100 |
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| committer | H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> | 2009-11-14 00:54:27 +0100 |
| commit | f6c06b6807ff9281295989ebad72523865325a4f (patch) | |
| tree | 152182be618e67caa89f46ef05b14ad8c075540e /drivers/char | |
| parent | x86, setup: Store the boot cursor state (diff) | |
| download | linux-f6c06b6807ff9281295989ebad72523865325a4f.tar.xz linux-f6c06b6807ff9281295989ebad72523865325a4f.zip | |
vc: Add support for hiding the cursor when creating VTs
Add support for setting a global default for whether or not a visible
cursor should be enabled when creating VCs. The default will be to do so,
unless overridden by the user at boot time or by a driver.
Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <mjg@redhat.com>
LKML-Reference: <1258143251-5818-1-git-send-email-mjg@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/char')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/char/vt.c | 11 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/vt.c b/drivers/char/vt.c index 0c80c68cd047..1e3d728dbf7e 100644 --- a/drivers/char/vt.c +++ b/drivers/char/vt.c @@ -161,6 +161,8 @@ static void set_palette(struct vc_data *vc); static int printable; /* Is console ready for printing? */ int default_utf8 = true; module_param(default_utf8, int, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR); +int global_cursor_default = -1; +module_param(global_cursor_default, int, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR); /* * ignore_poke: don't unblank the screen when things are typed. This is @@ -775,6 +777,12 @@ int vc_allocate(unsigned int currcons) /* return 0 on success */ vc_cons[currcons].d = NULL; return -ENOMEM; } + + /* If no drivers have overridden us and the user didn't pass a + boot option, default to displaying the cursor */ + if (global_cursor_default == -1) + global_cursor_default = 1; + vc_init(vc, vc->vc_rows, vc->vc_cols, 1); vcs_make_sysfs(currcons); atomic_notifier_call_chain(&vt_notifier_list, VT_ALLOCATE, ¶m); @@ -1616,7 +1624,7 @@ static void reset_terminal(struct vc_data *vc, int do_clear) vc->vc_decscnm = 0; vc->vc_decom = 0; vc->vc_decawm = 1; - vc->vc_deccm = 1; + vc->vc_deccm = global_cursor_default; vc->vc_decim = 0; set_kbd(vc, decarm); @@ -4078,6 +4086,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(fg_console); EXPORT_SYMBOL(console_blank_hook); EXPORT_SYMBOL(console_blanked); EXPORT_SYMBOL(vc_cons); +EXPORT_SYMBOL(global_cursor_default); #ifndef VT_SINGLE_DRIVER EXPORT_SYMBOL(take_over_console); EXPORT_SYMBOL(give_up_console); |