linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 0/2] fbcon: user-defined cursor blink interval

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Date:	Tue, 27 Jan 2015 00:29:32 +0100
From:	Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
To:	Scot Doyle <lkml14@...tdoyle.com>,
	Jean-Christophe Plagniol-Villard <plagnioj@...osoft.com>,
	Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@...com>
CC:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
	Richard Weinberger <richard.weinberger@...il.com>,
	linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 0/2] fbcon: user-defined cursor blink interval

Am 27.01.2015 um 00:09 schrieb Scot Doyle:
> Since users prefer different fbcon cursor blink intervals, allow the
> interval to be set via sysfs. The current interval of 200 milliseconds
> is retained as the default. Tested with intelfb.
> 
> v2:  Use kstrtos16() instead of kstrtoul() and min_t() as suggested by
>      Geert Uytterhoeven
> v3:  Add error messages as suggested by Tomi Valkeinen
> v4:  Add rationale into patch descriptions as suggested by
>      Richard Weinberger

Hehe, no need to resend immediately a v4, I'm just curios about the use case. :)
Why do users want a different blink interval? What is the use case?
And what are these users? Most people use a fbcon only for a few moments
to fix/restart X11.

Thanks,
//richard
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