[PATCH] fbcon/fbdev: Move softcursor out of fbdev to fbcon

According to Jon Smirl, filling in the field fb_cursor with soft_cursor for
drivers that do not support hardware cursors is redundant.  The soft_cursor
function is usable by all drivers because it is just a wrapper around
fb_imageblit.  And because soft_cursor is an fbcon-specific hook, the file is
moved to the console directory.

Thus, drivers that do not support hardware cursors can leave the fb_cursor
field blank.  For drivers that do, they can fill up this field with their own
version.

The end result is a smaller code size.  And if the framebuffer console is not
loaded, module/kernel size is also reduced because the soft_cursor module will
also not be loaded.

Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@pol.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/video/console/fbcon.h b/drivers/video/console/fbcon.h
index 0738cd62def2..b68e0e2c2d16 100644
--- a/drivers/video/console/fbcon.h
+++ b/drivers/video/console/fbcon.h
@@ -167,5 +167,5 @@ extern void fbcon_set_tileops(struct vc_data *vc, struct fb_info *info,
                               struct display *p, struct fbcon_ops *ops);
 #endif
 extern void fbcon_set_bitops(struct fbcon_ops *ops);
-
+extern int  soft_cursor(struct fb_info *info, struct fb_cursor *cursor);
 #endif /* _VIDEO_FBCON_H */