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 <mjg@redhat.com>
LKML-Reference: <1258143251-5818-1-git-send-email-mjg@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
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Matthew Garrett 2009-11-13 15:14:11 -05:00 committed by H. Peter Anvin
parent d9b263528e
commit f6c06b6807
4 changed files with 24 additions and 1 deletions

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@ -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 */