Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2005 01:44:51 +0100
From: Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org>
To: "Antonino A. Daplas" <adaplas@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@osdl.org, torvalds@osdl.org,
       mlang@debian.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Set the vga cursor even when hidden
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Hi,

Antonino A. Daplas, le Sun 06 Nov 2005 08:37:27 +0800, a ?crit :
> Why not use this method (scanline_end < scanline_start) for VGA, and
> the default method (moving the cursor out of the screen) for the rest?

Well, visually impaired people might want to use other cards as well.

> Or why not just set bit 5 of the cursor start register (port 0x0a) to disable
> the cursor, and clear to enable? I believe this will also work for the
> other types.

If this works, it would be fine.

Regards,
Samuel
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