The fbcon cursor, when set to blink, is hardcoded to toggle display state five times per second. Move this setting to a the driver's fbdev_ops structure, retaining the default blink interval.
Signed-off-by: Scot Doyle <lkm...@scotdoyle.com> --- 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 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/