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Message-Id: <1258142222-16092-3-git-send-email-mjg@redhat.com>
Date:	Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:57:02 -0500
From:	Matthew Garrett <mjg@...hat.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	hpa@...or.com, gregkh@...e.de, Matthew Garrett <mjg@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] vgacon: Add support for setting the default cursor state

Pass the vga cursor state to the vt layer, ensuring that we don't hide
the cursor when the bootloader has deliberately disabled it.

Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <mjg@...hat.com>
---
 drivers/video/console/vgacon.c |    5 ++++-
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/video/console/vgacon.c b/drivers/video/console/vgacon.c
index 564643e..cc4bbbe 100644
--- a/drivers/video/console/vgacon.c
+++ b/drivers/video/console/vgacon.c
@@ -586,7 +586,10 @@ static void vgacon_init(struct vc_data *c, int init)
 	if (!vgacon_uni_pagedir[0] && p)
 		con_set_default_unimap(c);
 
-	hide_boot_cursor(screen_info.flags & VIDEO_FLAGS_NOCURSOR);
+	/* Only set the default if the user didn't deliberately override it */
+	if (global_cursor_default == -1)
+		global_cursor_default =
+			!(screen_info.flags & VIDEO_FLAGS_NOCURSOR);
 }
 
 static void vgacon_deinit(struct vc_data *c)
-- 
1.6.5.2

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