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-rw-r--r--Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt10
-rw-r--r--drivers/tty/vt/vt.c4
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 15356aca938..f6c8b417c65 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -3322,6 +3322,10 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
them quite hard to use for exploits but
might break your system.
+ vt.color= [VT] Default text color.
+ Format: 0xYX, X = foreground, Y = background.
+ Default: 0x07 = light gray on black.
+
vt.cur_default= [VT] Default cursor shape.
Format: 0xCCBBAA, where AA, BB, and CC are the same as
the parameters of the <Esc>[?A;B;Cc escape sequence;
@@ -3361,6 +3365,12 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
overridden by individual drivers. 0 will hide
cursors, 1 will display them.
+ vt.italic= [VT] Default color for italic text; 0-15.
+ Default: 2 = green.
+
+ vt.underline= [VT] Default color for underlined text; 0-15.
+ Default: 3 = cyan.
+
watchdog timers [HW,WDT] For information on watchdog timers,
see Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-parameters.txt
or other driver-specific files in the
diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
index 02af6ccefe6..9a8e8c5a0c7 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
@@ -2809,8 +2809,10 @@ static void con_shutdown(struct tty_struct *tty)
console_unlock();
}
+static int default_color = 7; /* white */
static int default_italic_color = 2; // green (ASCII)
static int default_underline_color = 3; // cyan (ASCII)
+module_param_named(color, default_color, int, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
module_param_named(italic, default_italic_color, int, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
module_param_named(underline, default_underline_color, int, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
@@ -2832,7 +2834,7 @@ static void vc_init(struct vc_data *vc, unsigned int rows,
vc->vc_palette[k++] = default_grn[j] ;
vc->vc_palette[k++] = default_blu[j] ;
}
- vc->vc_def_color = 0x07; /* white */
+ vc->vc_def_color = default_color;
vc->vc_ulcolor = default_underline_color;
vc->vc_itcolor = default_italic_color;
vc->vc_halfcolor = 0x08; /* grey */