Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752769AbbBYJuB (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Feb 2015 04:50:01 -0500 Received: from atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz ([195.113.26.193]:43327 "EHLO atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750761AbbBYJt7 (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Feb 2015 04:49:59 -0500 Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2015 10:49:46 +0100 From: Pavel Machek To: Scot Doyle Cc: Jean-Christophe Plagniol-Villard , Tomi Valkeinen , Geert Uytterhoeven , linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] fbcon: expose cursor blink interval via sysfs Message-ID: <20150225094946.GA24627@amd> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1404 Lines: 30 On Mon 2015-01-26 20:41:53, Scot Doyle wrote: > The fbcon cursor, when set to blink, is hardcoded to toggle display state > five times per second. Expose this setting via > /sys/class/graphics/fbcon/cursor_blink_ms > > Values written to the interface set the approximate time interval in > milliseconds between cursor toggles, from 1 to 32767. Since the interval > is stored internally as a number of jiffies, the millisecond value read > from the interface may not exactly match the entered value. > > An outstanding blink timer is reset after a new value is entered. > > If the cursor blink is disabled, either via the 'cursor_blink' boolean > setting or some other mechanism, the 'cursor_blink_ms' setting may still > be modified. The new value will be used if the blink is reactivated. > > Signed-off-by: Scot Doyle Normally, this would be set by ansi escape sequences, no? We can hide cursor using them, set its appearance.. makes sense to change timing value there, too.... Pavel -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/