Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:54:11 +0100 | From | Stefano Stabellini <> | Subject | Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] [PATCH] [RESEND] fbcon: simple text blinking implementation |
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Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Thu, 17 Jul 2008, Stefano Stabellini wrote: >> at the moment blinking is not supported in fbcon but it is supported in >> vgacon. >> Since userspace applications don't distinguish between the two, they just >> assume that the linux terminal is always capable of blinking text. >> However implementing blinking in fbcon is not so difficult: this patch >> provides a very simple (too simple?) implementation of that. >> I am using the flashcursor function to scan the buffer for blinking text. >> For the sake of efficiency I added a simple flag mechanism to disable the scan >> when I am sure that there are no blinking characters on the screen. > > Ehrm, there's already blinking support on some platforms? >
are you sure? fbcon isn't supposed to be a software implementation?
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