fbcon: prevent cursor disappearance after switching to 512 character font
authorKrzysztof Helt <krzysztof.h1@wp.pl>
Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:08:57 +0000 (15:08 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Tue, 12 Aug 2008 23:07:29 +0000 (16:07 -0700)
Adjust and honor the vc_scrl_erase_char for 256 and 512 character fonts.

It fixes the issue with disappearing cursor during scrolling
(http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11258).  The issue was
reported and tracked by Peter Hanzel.

Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Helt <krzysztof.h1@wp.pl>
Reported-by: Peter Hanzel <hanzelpeter@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
drivers/video/console/fbcon.c

index 33859934a8e465b1654bf08e454633253685fd98..c6299e8a041de55fb205142792aa5c1d287500c9 100644 (file)
@@ -2518,7 +2518,7 @@ static int fbcon_do_set_font(struct vc_data *vc, int w, int h,
                        c = vc->vc_video_erase_char;
                        vc->vc_video_erase_char =
                            ((c & 0xfe00) >> 1) | (c & 0xff);
-                       c = vc->vc_def_color;
+                       c = vc->vc_scrl_erase_char;
                        vc->vc_scrl_erase_char =
                            ((c & 0xFE00) >> 1) | (c & 0xFF);
                        vc->vc_attr >>= 1;
@@ -2551,7 +2551,7 @@ static int fbcon_do_set_font(struct vc_data *vc, int w, int h,
                        if (vc->vc_can_do_color) {
                                vc->vc_video_erase_char =
                                    ((c & 0xff00) << 1) | (c & 0xff);
-                               c = vc->vc_def_color;
+                               c = vc->vc_scrl_erase_char;
                                vc->vc_scrl_erase_char =
                                    ((c & 0xFF00) << 1) | (c & 0xFF);
                                vc->vc_attr <<= 1;