Re: [PATCH v4 0/2] fbcon: user-defined cursor blink interval

[Richard Weinberger]

Am 27.01.2015 um 00:09 schrieb Scot Doyle:
> Since users prefer different fbcon cursor blink intervals, allow the
> interval to be set via sysfs. The current interval of 200 milliseconds
> is retained as the default. Tested with intelfb.
> 
> v2:  Use kstrtos16() instead of kstrtoul() and min_t() as suggested by
>      Geert Uytterhoeven
> v3:  Add error messages as suggested by Tomi Valkeinen
> v4:  Add rationale into patch descriptions as suggested by
>      Richard Weinberger

Hehe, no need to resend immediately a v4, I'm just curios about the use case. :)
Why do users want a different blink interval? What is the use case?
And what are these users? Most people use a fbcon only for a few moments
to fix/restart X11.

Thanks,
//richard
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