The patch titled
vt: make the default cursor shape configurable
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
vt-make-the-default-cursor-shape-configurable.patch
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Subject: vt: make the default cursor shape configurable
From: Clemens Ladisch <clemens@xxxxxxxxxx>
-ENOCHANGELOG
Signed-off-by: Clemens Ladisch <clemens@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Daniel Mack <daniel@xxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@xxxxxx>
Cc: David Newall <davidn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 5 +++++
drivers/char/vt.c | 7 +++++--
2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff -puN Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt~vt-make-the-default-cursor-shape-configurable Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt~vt-make-the-default-cursor-shape-configurable
+++ a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -2720,6 +2720,11 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters.
vmpoff= [KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after power off.
Format: <command>
+ vt.cur_default= [VT] Default cursor shape.
+ Format: 0xCCBBAA, where AA, BB, and CC are the same as
+ the parameters of the <Esc>[?A;B;Cc escape sequence;
+ see VGA-softcursor.txt. Default: 2 = underline.
+
vt.default_blu= [VT]
Format: <blue0>,<blue1>,<blue2>,...,<blue15>
Change the default blue palette of the console.
diff -puN drivers/char/vt.c~vt-make-the-default-cursor-shape-configurable drivers/char/vt.c
--- a/drivers/char/vt.c~vt-make-the-default-cursor-shape-configurable
+++ a/drivers/char/vt.c
@@ -162,6 +162,9 @@ static int printable; /* Is console rea
int default_utf8 = true;
module_param(default_utf8, int, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
+static int cur_default = CUR_DEFAULT;
+module_param(cur_default, int, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
+
/*
* ignore_poke: don't unblank the screen when things are typed. This is
* mainly for the privacy of braille terminal users.
@@ -1628,7 +1631,7 @@ static void reset_terminal(struct vc_dat
/* do not do set_leds here because this causes an endless tasklet loop
when the keyboard hasn't been initialized yet */
- vc->vc_cursor_type = CUR_DEFAULT;
+ vc->vc_cursor_type = cur_default;
vc->vc_complement_mask = vc->vc_s_complement_mask;
default_attr(vc);
@@ -1830,7 +1833,7 @@ static void do_con_trol(struct tty_struc
if (vc->vc_par[0])
vc->vc_cursor_type = vc->vc_par[0] | (vc->vc_par[1] << 8) | (vc->vc_par[2] << 16);
else
- vc->vc_cursor_type = CUR_DEFAULT;
+ vc->vc_cursor_type = cur_default;
return;
}
break;
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from clemens@xxxxxxxxxx are
origin.patch
linux-next.patch
vt-make-the-default-cursor-shape-configurable.patch
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