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

From: Clemens Ladisch
Date: Mon Nov 09 2009 - 07:21:42 EST


Alan Cox wrote:
> > 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?
>
> Well I guess you could just make the default cursor define a variable and
> mark it MODULE_PARAM ?

The original thread started here: <http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/11/5/71>.
To quote Andrea:
| There's no need to choose if we want the blinking cursor or not
| at each boot.


Clemens
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