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    [PATCH] fbcon/fbdev: Move softcursor out of fbdev to fbcon · c465e05a
    Antonino A. Daplas authored
    
    
    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: default avatarAntonino Daplas <adaplas@pol.net>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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