Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 25 Feb 2015 10:49:46 +0100 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] fbcon: expose cursor blink interval via sysfs |
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On Mon 2015-01-26 20:41:53, Scot Doyle wrote: > The fbcon cursor, when set to blink, is hardcoded to toggle display state > five times per second. Expose this setting via > /sys/class/graphics/fbcon/cursor_blink_ms > > Values written to the interface set the approximate time interval in > milliseconds between cursor toggles, from 1 to 32767. Since the interval > is stored internally as a number of jiffies, the millisecond value read > from the interface may not exactly match the entered value. > > An outstanding blink timer is reset after a new value is entered. > > If the cursor blink is disabled, either via the 'cursor_blink' boolean > setting or some other mechanism, the 'cursor_blink_ms' setting may still > be modified. The new value will be used if the blink is reactivated. > > Signed-off-by: Scot Doyle <lkml14@scotdoyle.com>
Normally, this would be set by ansi escape sequences, no? We can hide cursor using them, set its appearance.. makes sense to change timing value there, too.... Pavel -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html
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