Thread (46 messages) 46 messages, 12 authors, 2015-07-21

Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] fbcon: expose cursor blink interval via sysfs

From: Richard Weinberger <hidden>
Date: 2015-01-26 20:54:31
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On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 9:41 PM, Scot Doyle [off-list ref] 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.
Out of curiosity, why do you need this new setting?
Your patch describes what it does but does not describe the "why".

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Thanks,
//richard
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