Currently fbcon claims fbdevs as soon as they are registered and takes over
the console as soon as the first fbdev gets registered.
This behavior is undesirable in cases where a smooth graphical bootup is
desired, in such cases we typically want the contents of the framebuffer
(typically a vendor logo) to stay in place as is.
The current solution for this problem (on embedded systems) is to not
enable fbcon.
This commit adds a new FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE_DEFERRED_TAKEOVER config option,
which when enabled defers fbcon taking over the console from the dummy
console until the first text is displayed on the console. Together with the
"quiet" kernel commandline option, this allows fbcon to still be used
together with a smooth graphical bootup, having it take over the console as
soon as e.g. an error message is logged.
Note the choice to detect the first console output in the dummycon driver,
rather then handling this entirely inside the fbcon code, was made after
2 failed attempts to handle this entirely inside the fbcon code. The fbcon
code is woven quite tightly into the console code, making this to only
feasible option.
Reviewed-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch>
Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@samsung.com>
Update list of available compiled-in fonts in lib/fonts/:
add 6x10 and drop RomanLarge (which was reverted 12 years ago).
Also sort the list alphabetically.
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> # v1
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
This removes the restriction on the value range of the fbcon=margin:
parameter. The color value really depends on the driver being used.
Signed-off-by: David Lechner <david@lechnology.com>
Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
[b.zolnierkie: ported over fbcon changes]
Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@samsung.com>
This adds a new command line option to select the fbcon margin color.
The motivation for this is screens where black does not blend into the
physical surroundings of the screen. For example, using an LCD (not the
backlit kind), white text on a black background is hard to read, so
inverting the colors is preferred. However, when you do this, most of the
screen is filled with white but the margins are still filled with black.
This makes a big, black, backwards 'L' on the screen. By setting
fbcon=margin:7, the margins will be filled with white and the LCD looks as
expected.
Signed-off-by: David Lechner <david@lechnology.com>
[b.zolnierkie: ported over fbcon changes]
Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@samsung.com>
Remove many duplicated words under Documentation/ and do other small
cleanups.
Examples:
"and and" --> "and"
"in in" --> "in"
"the the" --> "the"
"the the" --> "to the"
...
Signed-off-by: Paolo Ornati <ornati@fastwebnet.it>
Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
Update Documentation/fb/fbcon.txt and Documentatin/console/console.txt to
reflect the following changes:
1. sysfs attributes are relocated to /sys/class/vtconsole
2. feature is selectable in Kconfig
3. add sample scripts to fbcon.txt
Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@pol.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Update Documentation/fb/fbcon.txt to reflect the following changes:
1. Simple illustration of the binding of the console down to individual
framebuffer drivers
2. Usage of userspace tools to help with recovery of text console
3. How to use the attributes in /sys/class/tty/console to unload fbcon and
the framebuffer drivers
Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@pol.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Update Documentation/fb/fbcon.txt on the following:
1. sysfs attributes are now located in class/graphics/fbcon
2. instructions on how to attach, detach and/or unload fbcon
Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@pol.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Add documentation as Documentation/fb/fbcon.txt describing the framebuffer
console and its boot options.
Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@pol.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
