# Re: \[PATCH\] \[RESEND\] fbcon: simple text blinking implementation

- From: Geert Uytterhoeven \<geert@linux-m68k.org\>
- Date: 2008-07-17 18:51:04 
- List: linux-fbdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fbdev/2008/07/1126817
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/lkml/2008/07/1126647/t.md

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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?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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