[edk2-devel] [edk2-platform][PATCH v2 1/3] MdeModulePkg/GraphicsConsoleDxe: Change default CursorVisible to FALSE

[Pete Batard]

On 2020.12.20 13:53, Samer El-Haj-Mahmoud wrote:
> REF: https://github.com/pftf/RPi4/issues/115
> 
> GraphicsConsoleDxe defaults the ConOut Mode.CursorVisible to TRUE.
> However, the driver never draws the cursor during init. This results
> in the first call to disable the cursor (using ConOut->EnableCursor(FALSE))
> to actually draw the cursor on the screen, as the logic in FlushCursor depends
> on the Mode.CursorVisible state to determine if it should draw or erase
> the cursor.
> 
> Fix by changing the default CursorVisible in this driver to FALSE.
> 
> Cc: Jian J Wang <jian.j.wang at intel.com>
> Cc: Hao A Wu <hao.a.wu at intel.com>
> Cc: Zhichao Gao <zhichao.gao at intel.com>
> Cc: Ray Ni <ray.ni at intel.com>
> Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <Ard.Biesheuvel at arm.com>
> Cc: Pete Batard <pete at akeo.ie>
> Signed-off-by: Samer El-Haj-Mahmoud <Samer.El-Haj-Mahmoud at arm.com>
> Reviewed-by: Zhichao Gao <zhichao.gao at intel.com>
> ---
>   MdeModulePkg/Universal/Console/GraphicsConsoleDxe/GraphicsConsole.c | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/MdeModulePkg/Universal/Console/GraphicsConsoleDxe/GraphicsConsole.c b/MdeModulePkg/Universal/Console/GraphicsConsoleDxe/GraphicsConsole.c
> index c042451a9b52..6b8d11d587d1 100644
> --- a/MdeModulePkg/Universal/Console/GraphicsConsoleDxe/GraphicsConsole.c
> +++ b/MdeModulePkg/Universal/Console/GraphicsConsoleDxe/GraphicsConsole.c
> @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ GRAPHICS_CONSOLE_DEV    mGraphicsConsoleDevTemplate = {
>       EFI_TEXT_ATTR(EFI_LIGHTGRAY, EFI_BLACK),
> 
>       0,
> 
>       0,
> 
> -    TRUE
> 
> +    FALSE
> 
>     },
> 
>     (GRAPHICS_CONSOLE_MODE_DATA *) NULL,
> 
>     (EFI_GRAPHICS_OUTPUT_BLT_PIXEL *) NULL
> 

Reviewed-by: Pete Batard <pete at akeo.ie>
Tested-by: Pete Batard <pete at akeo.ie> (On an RPi4 platform where we had 
this annoyance of an unwanted cursor displaying on top of the platform logo)


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