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Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2009 17:15:07 +0100
From: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] VT: Add a boot option to disable cursor on boot
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On Fri, Sep 04, 2009 at 06:03:02PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:

> Seems odd to me - why can't the splash screen app in initrd just issue
> the call to turn off the cursor - or is this splash screen coming from
> something else ?

The kernel unconditionally enables the cursor before any userspace has 
run, even if we've turned it off in the bootloader. That's the window 
I'm trying to close.

> - If the splash screen is kernel based then the splash screen module
>   needs to be able to ask the vt driver itself
> - If not then the user space can use ioctls like everyone else (see
>   setterm)

(see above)

> - It should be implemented without adding an extra condition to a pile of
>   ifs (or the condition mess at least become a single cursor_visible_p())

It doesn't add or alter any conditionals in its current form?

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Matthew Garrett | mjg59@srcf.ucam.org
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