Re: [PATCH] vt: make the default cursor shape configurable

[Clemens Ladisch]

Alan Cox wrote:
> Clemens Ladisch <clemens@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Make the default console cursor type configurable rather than
> > hard-coding it.
> 
> You can set the cursor type at runtime so this all seems unjustified and
> doing this kind of thing at build time is definitely the wrong place.

The justification from Daniel's original patch was:
| For embedded systems, the blinking cursor at startup time can be
| annoying and unintended.

Would a simple "Disable cursor by default" switch more acceptable?


Clemens
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