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Re: [PATCH 2/2] EFI: console: Do not set cursor until the first text out
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Javier Martinez Canillas |
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Re: [PATCH 2/2] EFI: console: Do not set cursor until the first text output |
Date: |
Sun, 30 Jan 2022 14:35:46 +0100 |
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On 1/28/22 12:43, Hans de Goede wrote:
> To allow flickerfree boot the EFI console code does not call
> grub_efi_set_text_mode (1) until some text is actually output.
>
> Depending on if the output text is because of an error loading
> e.g. the .cfg file; or because of showing the menu the cursor needs
> to be on or off when the first text is shown.
>
> So far the cursor was hardcoded to being on, but this is causing
> drawing artifacts + slow drawing of the menu as reported here:
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1946969
>
> Handle the cursorstate in the same way as the colorstate to fix this,
> when no text has been output yet, just cache the cursorstate and
> then use the last set value when the first text is output.
>
> Fixes: 2d7c3abd871f ("efi/console: Do not set text-mode until we actually
> need it")
> Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>
> ---
Reviewed-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@redhat.com>
Best regards,
--
Javier Martinez Canillas
Linux Engineering
Red Hat