Re: Move softcursor out of fbdev to fbcon

The changelog says it all. This is a modification of Jon's patch, but
I have moved softcursor.c to the console directory.  Also I removed
the "select FB_SOFTCURSOR" from video/Kconfig and made the compilation
of softcursor unconditional, if framebuffer console is enabled.

I don't think the fb_cursor hook is usable by other programs, so we
should just restrict this hook for fbcon use only.  For userspace cursor
support, we need a new one.  But instead of one function, I believe
it's better to provide several.  Ie, something like below:

fbcursor_show()         
fbcursor_move()
fbcursor_loadimage()
fbcursor_loadpalette()
fbcursor_start()
fbcursor_stop() 

No need to pass all variables to just, say, move the cursor to x,y.

And the next step is to eliminate all fbcon-specific fields from
fb_info to another structure, such as fb_imageblit, fb_fillrect,
fb_cursor, fb_copyarea.  We'll have a smaller kernel size for
if fbcon is not enabled.

Comments?

Its way to big and gross. Please keep it simple!!!!!! 



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