[PATCH 3/3] vgacon: Add support for setting the default cursor state

[Matthew Garrett]

Pass the vga cursor state to the vt layer, ensuring that we don't hide
the cursor when the bootloader has deliberately disabled it.

Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <mjg@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/video/console/vgacon.c |    5 ++++-
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/video/console/vgacon.c b/drivers/video/console/vgacon.c
index 564643e..cc4bbbe 100644
--- a/drivers/video/console/vgacon.c
+++ b/drivers/video/console/vgacon.c
@@ -586,7 +586,10 @@ static void vgacon_init(struct vc_data *c, int init)
 	if (!vgacon_uni_pagedir[0] && p)
 		con_set_default_unimap(c);
 
-	hide_boot_cursor(screen_info.flags & VIDEO_FLAGS_NOCURSOR);
+	/* Only set the default if the user didn't deliberately override it */
+	if (global_cursor_default == -1)
+		global_cursor_default =
+			!(screen_info.flags & VIDEO_FLAGS_NOCURSOR);
 }
 
 static void vgacon_deinit(struct vc_data *c)
-- 
1.6.5.2

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