fbcon toggles cursor display state every 200 milliseconds when blinking.
Since users prefer different toggle intervals, prepare to expose the
interval via sysfs by moving it to fbdev_ops and setting the default
to 200 milliseconds.
Signed-off-by: Scot Doyle <lkml14@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/video/console/fbcon.c | 5 +++--
drivers/video/console/fbcon.h | 1 +
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c b/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c
index ea43724..7a2030b 100644
--- a/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c
+++ b/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ static void cursor_timer_handler(unsigned long dev_addr)
struct fbcon_ops *ops = info->fbcon_par;
queue_work(system_power_efficient_wq, &info->queue);
- mod_timer(&ops->cursor_timer, jiffies + HZ/5);
+ mod_timer(&ops->cursor_timer, jiffies + ops->blink_jiffies);
}
static void fbcon_add_cursor_timer(struct fb_info *info)
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ static void fbcon_add_cursor_timer(struct fb_info *info)
init_timer(&ops->cursor_timer);
ops->cursor_timer.function = cursor_timer_handler;
- ops->cursor_timer.expires = jiffies + HZ / 5;
+ ops->cursor_timer.expires = jiffies + ops->blink_jiffies;
ops->cursor_timer.data = (unsigned long ) info;
add_timer(&ops->cursor_timer);
ops->flags |= FBCON_FLAGS_CURSOR_TIMER;
@@ -959,6 +959,7 @@ static const char *fbcon_startup(void)
ops->currcon = -1;
ops->graphics = 1;
ops->cur_rotate = -1;
+ ops->blink_jiffies = msecs_to_jiffies(200);
info->fbcon_par = ops;
p->con_rotate = initial_rotation;
set_blitting_type(vc, info);
diff --git a/drivers/video/console/fbcon.h b/drivers/video/console/fbcon.h
index 6bd2e0c..642c4e7 100644
--- a/drivers/video/console/fbcon.h
+++ b/drivers/video/console/fbcon.h
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ struct fbcon_ops {
struct fb_cursor cursor_state;
struct display *p;
int currcon; /* Current VC. */
+ int blink_jiffies;
int cursor_flash;
int cursor_reset;
int blank_state;
--
2.1.4
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