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authorClemens Ladisch <clemens@ladisch.de>2009-12-15 19:45:39 -0500
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-12-16 10:19:57 -0500
commit9ea9a886b0e8630e12cff515955e7f0f5be32cb1 (patch)
treebf431e1b000e47982d07c81c3d5f3c1be98d92b8 /drivers/char/vt.c
parent135d5655dc58a24eda64e3f6c192d7d605e10050 (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/char/vt.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/char/vt.c7
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/vt.c b/drivers/char/vt.c
index e43fbc66aef0..50faa1fb0f06 100644
--- a/drivers/char/vt.c
+++ b/drivers/char/vt.c
@@ -164,6 +164,9 @@ module_param(default_utf8, int, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
164int global_cursor_default = -1; 164int global_cursor_default = -1;
165module_param(global_cursor_default, int, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR); 165module_param(global_cursor_default, int, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
166 166
167static int cur_default = CUR_DEFAULT;
168module_param(cur_default, int, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
169
167/* 170/*
168 * ignore_poke: don't unblank the screen when things are typed. This is 171 * ignore_poke: don't unblank the screen when things are typed. This is
169 * mainly for the privacy of braille terminal users. 172 * mainly for the privacy of braille terminal users.
@@ -1636,7 +1639,7 @@ static void reset_terminal(struct vc_data *vc, int do_clear)
1636 /* do not do set_leds here because this causes an endless tasklet loop 1639 /* do not do set_leds here because this causes an endless tasklet loop
1637 when the keyboard hasn't been initialized yet */ 1640 when the keyboard hasn't been initialized yet */
1638 1641
1639 vc->vc_cursor_type = CUR_DEFAULT; 1642 vc->vc_cursor_type = cur_default;
1640 vc->vc_complement_mask = vc->vc_s_complement_mask; 1643 vc->vc_complement_mask = vc->vc_s_complement_mask;
1641 1644
1642 default_attr(vc); 1645 default_attr(vc);
@@ -1838,7 +1841,7 @@ static void do_con_trol(struct tty_struct *tty, struct vc_data *vc, int c)
1838 if (vc->vc_par[0]) 1841 if (vc->vc_par[0])
1839 vc->vc_cursor_type = vc->vc_par[0] | (vc->vc_par[1] << 8) | (vc->vc_par[2] << 16); 1842 vc->vc_cursor_type = vc->vc_par[0] | (vc->vc_par[1] << 8) | (vc->vc_par[2] << 16);
1840 else 1843 else
1841 vc->vc_cursor_type = CUR_DEFAULT; 1844 vc->vc_cursor_type = cur_default;
1842 return; 1845 return;
1843 } 1846 }
1844 break; 1847 break;