From d9b263528e01bfbaf716b51f38606b3dfe5ac1e9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthew Garrett Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:57:00 -0500 Subject: x86, setup: Store the boot cursor state Add a field to store the boot cursor state and implement this for VGA on x86. This can then be used to set the default policy for the boot console. Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett LKML-Reference: <1258142222-16092-1-git-send-email-mjg@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin --- include/linux/screen_info.h | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'include') diff --git a/include/linux/screen_info.h b/include/linux/screen_info.h index 1ee2c05..899fbb4 100644 --- a/include/linux/screen_info.h +++ b/include/linux/screen_info.h @@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ struct screen_info { __u16 orig_video_page; /* 0x04 */ __u8 orig_video_mode; /* 0x06 */ __u8 orig_video_cols; /* 0x07 */ - __u16 unused2; /* 0x08 */ + __u8 flags; /* 0x08 */ + __u8 unused2; /* 0x09 */ __u16 orig_video_ega_bx;/* 0x0a */ __u16 unused3; /* 0x0c */ __u8 orig_video_lines; /* 0x0e */ @@ -65,6 +66,8 @@ struct screen_info { #define VIDEO_TYPE_EFI 0x70 /* EFI graphic mode */ +#define VIDEO_FLAGS_NOCURSOR (1 << 0) /* The video mode has no cursor set */ + #ifdef __KERNEL__ extern struct screen_info screen_info; -- cgit v1.1 From f6c06b6807ff9281295989ebad72523865325a4f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthew Garrett Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:14:11 -0500 Subject: vc: Add support for hiding the cursor when creating VTs Add support for setting a global default for whether or not a visible cursor should be enabled when creating VCs. The default will be to do so, unless overridden by the user at boot time or by a driver. Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett LKML-Reference: <1258143251-5818-1-git-send-email-mjg@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin --- include/linux/vt_kern.h | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) (limited to 'include') diff --git a/include/linux/vt_kern.h b/include/linux/vt_kern.h index c0c4e11..7f56db4 100644 --- a/include/linux/vt_kern.h +++ b/include/linux/vt_kern.h @@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ extern char con_buf[CON_BUF_SIZE]; extern struct mutex con_buf_mtx; extern char vt_dont_switch; extern int default_utf8; +extern int global_cursor_default; struct vt_spawn_console { spinlock_t lock; @@ -130,4 +131,6 @@ struct vt_notifier_param { extern int register_vt_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb); extern int unregister_vt_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb); +extern void hide_boot_cursor(bool hide); + #endif /* _VT_KERN_H */ -- cgit v1.1