linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] Invert margin colors when terminal is inverted

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Message-ID: <20170731203025.6a59fdbd@alans-desktop>
Date:   Mon, 31 Jul 2017 20:30:25 +0100
From:   Alan Cox <gnomes@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:     David Lechner <david@...hnology.com>
Cc:     linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] Invert margin colors when terminal is inverted

On Mon, 31 Jul 2017 14:09:43 -0500
David Lechner <david@...hnology.com> wrote:

> This is v2 of "fbcon: Use background color for margins"[1].
> 
> It turns out that using the text background color was not a good choice. So,
> I've started over.

Can you explain why making the margins simply match the border colour
(when possible) isn't a better option ? They are after all simply
software extensions to the border.

Alan