svn commit: r316642 - head/sys/dev/syscons

[Andrey Chernov]

On 09.04.2017 10:33, Bruce Evans wrote:
> On Sun, 9 Apr 2017, Andrey Chernov wrote:
> 
>> On 09.04.2017 7:54, Andrey Chernov wrote:
>>> On 08.04.2017 13:00, Bruce Evans wrote:
>>>> Log:
>>>>   Quick fix for removal of the mouse cursor in vga direct graphics
>>>> modes
>>>> ...
>>>
>>> Please don't forget that this 5 cells range (0xd0-0xd4, last one becomes
>>> SC_CURSOR_CHAR) can be redefined with "vidcontrol -M", it is needed for
>>> the case they overlap valid characters region for some code tables.
>>
>> Probably we just can change default to remove additional vidcontrol -M
>> setup. I usually have this range started with 0x03.
> 
> That can only work if you also avoid 9-bit text modes.  9-bit modes
> give 1-bit separations between characters, except for those in the
> graphics range (starting at about 0xd0).

Then let is stays as it is. For me small line in the mouse cursor looks
less distractive that junk in all 4 chars around, which happens if fonts
codepage have 0xd0-0xd3 as valid characters.