Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754737AbZKILpd (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Nov 2009 06:45:33 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754689AbZKILpd (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Nov 2009 06:45:33 -0500 Received: from earthlight.etchedpixels.co.uk ([81.2.110.250]:56092 "EHLO www.etchedpixels.co.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753220AbZKILpc (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Nov 2009 06:45:32 -0500 Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 11:46:00 +0000 From: Alan Cox To: Clemens Ladisch Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman , Daniel Mack , Andrew Morton , Geert Uytterhoeven , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] vt: make the default cursor shape configurable Message-ID: <20091109114600.4d91b90e@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <4AF7FC64.6030904@ladisch.de> References: <4AF7D439.4030305@ladisch.de> <20091109091044.GX29442@buzzloop.caiaq.de> <4AF7DDC1.4090006@ladisch.de> <20091109095316.6283fbd6@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> <4AF7FC64.6030904@ladisch.de> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.2 (GTK+ 2.14.7; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 573 Lines: 15 > 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 ? Alan -- 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/