Re: [PATCH] fbcon: make cursor display conditional

[Daniel Mack]

On Fri, Nov 06, 2009 at 03:39:18PM +0100, Andrea Righi wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 06, 2009 at 09:16:44AM +0100, Clemens Ladisch wrote:
> > Daniel Mack wrote:
> > > For embedded systems, the blinking cursor at startup time can be
> > > annoying and unintended. Add a new kernel parameter
> > > 'fbcon_disable_cursor' which disables it conditionally.
> > 
> > Wouldn't it be more useful to change the CUR_DEFAULT symbol (see the
> > end of <linux/console_struct.h>) into a kernel parameter, instead of
> > adding a new flag?
> 
> Agreed. There's no need to choose if we want the blinking cursor or not
> at each boot. Better to make this decision at compile time.

Ok, much better idea, I agree. See the patch below.

Thanks for the input,
Daniel