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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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