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<title>kernel.git/drivers/video/console/softcursor.c, branch linux-2.6.15.y</title>
<subtitle>Hosts the 0x221E linux distro kernel.
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<title>[PATCH] fbcon/fbdev: Move softcursor out of fbdev to fbcon</title>
<updated>2005-11-07T15:53:50Z</updated>
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<name>Antonino A. Daplas</name>
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<published>2005-11-07T09:00:35Z</published>
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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 &lt;adaplas@pol.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@osdl.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@osdl.org&gt;
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