From 9ea9a886b0e8630e12cff515955e7f0f5be32cb1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Clemens Ladisch Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:45:39 -0800 Subject: 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 Cc: Daniel Mack Acked-by: Pavel Machek Cc: David Newall Cc: Alan Cox Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- drivers/char/vt.c | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'drivers') 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); int global_cursor_default = -1; module_param(global_cursor_default, int, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR); +static int cur_default = CUR_DEFAULT; +module_param(cur_default, int, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR); + /* * ignore_poke: don't unblank the screen when things are typed. This is * mainly for the privacy of braille terminal users. @@ -1636,7 +1639,7 @@ static void reset_terminal(struct vc_data *vc, int do_clear) /* do not do set_leds here because this causes an endless tasklet loop when the keyboard hasn't been initialized yet */ - vc->vc_cursor_type = CUR_DEFAULT; + vc->vc_cursor_type = cur_default; vc->vc_complement_mask = vc->vc_s_complement_mask; default_attr(vc); @@ -1838,7 +1841,7 @@ static void do_con_trol(struct tty_struct *tty, struct vc_data *vc, int c) if (vc->vc_par[0]) vc->vc_cursor_type = vc->vc_par[0] | (vc->vc_par[1] << 8) | (vc->vc_par[2] << 16); else - vc->vc_cursor_type = CUR_DEFAULT; + vc->vc_cursor_type = cur_default; return; } break; -- cgit v1.2.1