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author | Antonino A. Daplas <adaplas@gmail.com> | 2005-11-07 01:00:35 -0800 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org> | 2005-11-07 07:53:50 -0800 |
commit | c465e05a03209651078b95686158648fd7ed84c5 (patch) | |
tree | e1119586a567a9a6a5ad9bda43d3438772ecf5a4 /Documentation/mandatory.txt | |
parent | e764a20196f4e1b497a42fdc6e9d254e7ec290f2 (diff) |
[PATCH] fbcon/fbdev: Move softcursor out of fbdev to fbcon
According to Jon Smirl, filling in the field fb_cursor with soft_cursor for
drivers that do not support hardware cursors is redundant. The soft_cursor
function is usable by all drivers because it is just a wrapper around
fb_imageblit. And because soft_cursor is an fbcon-specific hook, the file is
moved to the console directory.
Thus, drivers that do not support hardware cursors can leave the fb_cursor
field blank. For drivers that do, they can fill up this field with their own
version.
The end result is a smaller code size. And if the framebuffer console is not
loaded, module/kernel size is also reduced because the soft_cursor module will
also not be loaded.
Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@pol.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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