From f6c06b6807ff9281295989ebad72523865325a4f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthew Garrett Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:14:11 -0500 Subject: vc: Add support for hiding the cursor when creating VTs Add support for setting a global default for whether or not a visible cursor should be enabled when creating VCs. The default will be to do so, unless overridden by the user at boot time or by a driver. Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett LKML-Reference: <1258143251-5818-1-git-send-email-mjg@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin --- Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 9107b387e91..dd42eb65fd2 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -2729,6 +2729,15 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file Default is 1, i.e. UTF-8 mode is enabled for all newly opened terminals. + vt.global_cursor_default= + [VT] + Format=<-1|0|1> + Set system-wide default for whether a cursor + is shown on new VTs. Default is -1, + i.e. cursors will be created by default unless + overridden by individual drivers. 0 will hide + cursors, 1 will display them. + waveartist= [HW,OSS] Format: ,,, -- cgit v1.2.3