[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/intelfb/intelfbdrv.c b/drivers/video/intelfb/intelfbdrv.c
index e6d75b926dc8..0799b999b314 100644
--- a/drivers/video/intelfb/intelfbdrv.c
+++ b/drivers/video/intelfb/intelfbdrv.c
@@ -1485,7 +1485,7 @@ intelfb_cursor(struct fb_info *info, struct fb_cursor *cursor)
 #endif
 
         if (!dinfo->hwcursor)
-                return soft_cursor(info, cursor);
+                return -ENODEV;
 
         intelfbhw_cursor_hide(dinfo);