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Message-ID: <20081014081649.GA5654@night.netis.ru>
Date:	Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:16:50 +0400
From:	"Alexander V. Lukyanov" <lav@...is.ru>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ozas.de>,
	Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: linux 2.6.26 vt back_color_erase

On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 09:39:24AM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> > Probably color ls -l is just broken and should be fixed. Why was it
> > necessary to change the console color semantics that was there for years?
> 
> Submit a patch that reverts the change. I would agree it needs reverting.

Here is the patch to restore status quo.

diff -ru linux-2.6.27/drivers/char/vt.c linux-2.6.27+/drivers/char/vt.c
--- linux-2.6.27/drivers/char/vt.c	2008-10-10 02:13:53.000000000 +0400
+++ linux-2.6.27+/drivers/char/vt.c	2008-10-14 10:09:10.000000000 +0400
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@
 	d = (unsigned short *)(vc->vc_origin + vc->vc_size_row * t);
 	s = (unsigned short *)(vc->vc_origin + vc->vc_size_row * (t + nr));
 	scr_memmovew(d, s, (b - t - nr) * vc->vc_size_row);
-	scr_memsetw(d + (b - t - nr) * vc->vc_cols, vc->vc_scrl_erase_char,
+	scr_memsetw(d + (b - t - nr) * vc->vc_cols, vc->vc_video_erase_char,
 		    vc->vc_size_row * nr);
 }
 
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@
 	s = (unsigned short *)(vc->vc_origin + vc->vc_size_row * t);
 	step = vc->vc_cols * nr;
 	scr_memmovew(s + step, s, (b - t - nr) * vc->vc_size_row);
-	scr_memsetw(s, vc->vc_scrl_erase_char, 2 * step);
+	scr_memsetw(s, vc->vc_video_erase_char, 2 * step);
 }
 
 static void do_update_region(struct vc_data *vc, unsigned long start, int count)
@@ -434,7 +434,6 @@
 	              vc->vc_blink, vc->vc_underline,
 	              vc->vc_reverse ^ vc->vc_decscnm, vc->vc_italic);
 	vc->vc_video_erase_char = (build_attr(vc, vc->vc_color, 1, vc->vc_blink, 0, vc->vc_decscnm, 0) << 8) | ' ';
-	vc->vc_scrl_erase_char = (build_attr(vc, vc->vc_def_color, 1, false, false, vc->vc_decscnm, false) << 8) | ' ';
 }
 
 /* Note: inverting the screen twice should revert to the original state */
diff -ru linux-2.6.27/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c linux-2.6.27+/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c
--- linux-2.6.27/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c	2008-10-10 02:13:53.000000000 +0400
+++ linux-2.6.27+/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c	2008-10-14 10:18:32.000000000 +0400
@@ -1855,7 +1855,6 @@
 	struct fb_info *info = registered_fb[con2fb_map[vc->vc_num]];
 	struct display *p = &fb_display[vc->vc_num];
 	int scroll_partial = info->flags & FBINFO_PARTIAL_PAN_OK;
-	unsigned short saved_ec;
 	int ret;
 
 	if (fbcon_is_inactive(vc, info))
@@ -1869,9 +1868,6 @@
 	 *           whole screen (prevents flicker).
 	 */
 
-	saved_ec = vc->vc_video_erase_char;
-	vc->vc_video_erase_char = vc->vc_scrl_erase_char;
-
 	ret = 0;
 
 	switch (dir) {
@@ -1890,7 +1886,7 @@
 			scr_memsetw((unsigned short *) (vc->vc_origin +
 							vc->vc_size_row *
 							(b - count)),
-				    vc->vc_scrl_erase_char,
+				    vc->vc_video_erase_char,
 				    vc->vc_size_row * count);
 			ret = 1;
 			break;
@@ -1962,7 +1958,7 @@
 			scr_memsetw((unsigned short *) (vc->vc_origin +
 							vc->vc_size_row *
 							(b - count)),
-				    vc->vc_scrl_erase_char,
+				    vc->vc_video_erase_char,
 				    vc->vc_size_row * count);
 			ret = 1;
 			break;
@@ -1982,7 +1978,7 @@
 			scr_memsetw((unsigned short *) (vc->vc_origin +
 							vc->vc_size_row *
 							t),
-				    vc->vc_scrl_erase_char,
+				    vc->vc_video_erase_char,
 				    vc->vc_size_row * count);
 			ret = 1;
 			break;
@@ -2052,14 +2048,13 @@
 			scr_memsetw((unsigned short *) (vc->vc_origin +
 							vc->vc_size_row *
 							t),
-				    vc->vc_scrl_erase_char,
+				    vc->vc_video_erase_char,
 				    vc->vc_size_row * count);
 			ret = 1;
 			break;
 		}
 		break;
 	}
-	vc->vc_video_erase_char = saved_ec;
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -2522,9 +2517,6 @@
 			c = vc->vc_video_erase_char;
 			vc->vc_video_erase_char =
 			    ((c & 0xfe00) >> 1) | (c & 0xff);
-			c = vc->vc_scrl_erase_char;
-			vc->vc_scrl_erase_char =
-			    ((c & 0xFE00) >> 1) | (c & 0xFF);
 			vc->vc_attr >>= 1;
 		}
 	} else if (!vc->vc_hi_font_mask && cnt == 512) {
@@ -2555,13 +2547,9 @@
 			if (vc->vc_can_do_color) {
 				vc->vc_video_erase_char =
 				    ((c & 0xff00) << 1) | (c & 0xff);
-				c = vc->vc_scrl_erase_char;
-				vc->vc_scrl_erase_char =
-				    ((c & 0xFF00) << 1) | (c & 0xFF);
 				vc->vc_attr <<= 1;
 			} else {
 				vc->vc_video_erase_char = c & ~0x100;
-				vc->vc_scrl_erase_char = c & ~0x100;
 			}
 		}
 
diff -ru linux-2.6.27/drivers/video/console/mdacon.c linux-2.6.27+/drivers/video/console/mdacon.c
--- linux-2.6.27/drivers/video/console/mdacon.c	2008-10-10 02:13:53.000000000 +0400
+++ linux-2.6.27+/drivers/video/console/mdacon.c	2008-10-14 10:18:06.000000000 +0400
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@
 
 static int mdacon_scroll(struct vc_data *c, int t, int b, int dir, int lines)
 {
-	u16 eattr = mda_convert_attr(c->vc_scrl_erase_char);
+	u16 eattr = mda_convert_attr(c->vc_video_erase_char);
 
 	if (!lines)
 		return 0;
diff -ru linux-2.6.27/drivers/video/console/sticon.c linux-2.6.27+/drivers/video/console/sticon.c
--- linux-2.6.27/drivers/video/console/sticon.c	2008-10-10 02:13:53.000000000 +0400
+++ linux-2.6.27+/drivers/video/console/sticon.c	2008-10-14 10:17:55.000000000 +0400
@@ -170,12 +170,12 @@
     switch (dir) {
     case SM_UP:
 	sti_bmove(sti, t + count, 0, t, 0, b - t - count, conp->vc_cols);
-	sti_clear(sti, b - count, 0, count, conp->vc_cols, conp->vc_scrl_erase_char);
+	sti_clear(sti, b - count, 0, count, conp->vc_cols, conp->vc_video_erase_char);
 	break;
 
     case SM_DOWN:
 	sti_bmove(sti, t, 0, t + count, 0, b - t - count, conp->vc_cols);
-	sti_clear(sti, t, 0, count, conp->vc_cols, conp->vc_scrl_erase_char);
+	sti_clear(sti, t, 0, count, conp->vc_cols, conp->vc_video_erase_char);
 	break;
     }
 
diff -ru linux-2.6.27/drivers/video/console/vgacon.c linux-2.6.27+/drivers/video/console/vgacon.c
--- linux-2.6.27/drivers/video/console/vgacon.c	2008-10-10 02:13:53.000000000 +0400
+++ linux-2.6.27+/drivers/video/console/vgacon.c	2008-10-14 10:17:38.000000000 +0400
@@ -1350,7 +1350,7 @@
 		} else
 			c->vc_origin += delta;
 		scr_memsetw((u16 *) (c->vc_origin + c->vc_screenbuf_size -
-				     delta), c->vc_scrl_erase_char,
+				     delta), c->vc_video_erase_char,
 			    delta);
 	} else {
 		if (oldo - delta < vga_vram_base) {
@@ -1363,7 +1363,7 @@
 		} else
 			c->vc_origin -= delta;
 		c->vc_scr_end = c->vc_origin + c->vc_screenbuf_size;
-		scr_memsetw((u16 *) (c->vc_origin), c->vc_scrl_erase_char,
+		scr_memsetw((u16 *) (c->vc_origin), c->vc_video_erase_char,
 			    delta);
 	}
 	c->vc_scr_end = c->vc_origin + c->vc_screenbuf_size;
diff -ru linux-2.6.27/include/linux/console_struct.h linux-2.6.27+/include/linux/console_struct.h
--- linux-2.6.27/include/linux/console_struct.h	2008-10-10 02:13:53.000000000 +0400
+++ linux-2.6.27+/include/linux/console_struct.h	2008-10-14 10:07:42.000000000 +0400
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@
 	unsigned short	vc_hi_font_mask;	/* [#] Attribute set for upper 256 chars of font or 0 if not supported */
 	struct console_font vc_font;		/* Current VC font set */
 	unsigned short	vc_video_erase_char;	/* Background erase character */
-	unsigned short	vc_scrl_erase_char;	/* Erase character for scroll */
 	/* VT terminal data */
 	unsigned int	vc_state;		/* Escape sequence parser state */
 	unsigned int	vc_npar,vc_par[NPAR];	/* Parameters of current escape sequence */

-- 
   Alexander.
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