[PATCH 1/6] fbcon: Make cursor_blink=0 work when configured before fb devices appear

[Ville Syrjälä]

On Thu, Sep 26, 2024 at 08:08:07AM +0200, Helge Deller wrote:
> Hi Ville,
> 
> On 9/23/24 17:57, Ville Syrjala wrote:
> > Currently setting cursor_blink attribute to 0 before any fb
> > devices are around does absolutely nothing. When fb devices appear
> > and fbcon becomes active the cursor starts blinking. Fix the problem
> > by recoding the desired state of the attribute even if no fb devices
> > are present at the time.
> >
> > Also adjust the show() method such that it shows the current
> > state of the attribute even when no fb devices are in use.
> >
> > Note that store_cursor_blink() is still a bit dodgy:
> > - seems to be missing some of the other checks that we do
> >    elsewhere when deciding whether the cursor should be
> >    blinking or not
> > - when set to 0 when the cursor is currently invisible due
> >    to blinking, the cursor will remains invisible. We should
> >    either explicitly make it visible here, or wait until the
> >    full blink cycle has finished.
> 
> are you planning to send follow-up patches to address those shortcomings?

Nope. I don't really care about those as I never plan to 
turn the cursor blinking back on after turning it off via
udev.

-- 
Ville Syrjälä
Intel