[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, 0 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/fb.h b/include/linux/fb.h
index c698055266d0..008ea71f4d7f 100644
--- a/include/linux/fb.h
+++ b/include/linux/fb.h
@@ -810,7 +810,6 @@ struct fb_info {
 extern int fb_set_var(struct fb_info *info, struct fb_var_screeninfo *var); 
 extern int fb_pan_display(struct fb_info *info, struct fb_var_screeninfo *var); 
 extern int fb_blank(struct fb_info *info, int blank);
-extern int soft_cursor(struct fb_info *info, struct fb_cursor *cursor);
 extern void cfb_fillrect(struct fb_info *info, const struct fb_fillrect *rect); 
 extern void cfb_copyarea(struct fb_info *info, const struct fb_copyarea *area); 
 extern void cfb_imageblit(struct fb_info *info, const struct fb_image *image);