2009/2/12 Andrew Morton [off-list ref]:

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The testing is done on kernel version 2.6.18.

That's a truly ancient kernel.  Is the patch needed on current kernels?
Does it work correctly in current kernels?

It does not on 2.6.24. The patch works.

How does the cursor get re-enabled?

I have not thought of that.

Should we be calling ops->cursor() if fbcon_is_inactive() is true?

Maybe we shouldn't, but we must. The situation is that we are ordered
to enter graphics mode and the variable saying 'graphics' is already
set in vt_ioctl.c. fbcon_is_inactive() tests it and returns true.

The question is, whether this function is called later during normal
operation, and how often?

Risto