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Adjust and honor the vc_scrl_erase_char for 256 and 512 character fonts.

It fixes the issue with disappearing cursor during scrolling
(http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11258).  The issue was
reported and tracked by Peter Hanzel.

Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Helt <krzysztof.h1@wp.pl>
Reported-by: Peter Hanzel <hanzelpeter@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Krzysztof Helt authored and Linus Torvalds committed Aug 12, 2008
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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions drivers/video/console/fbcon.c
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@@ -2518,7 +2518,7 @@ static int fbcon_do_set_font(struct vc_data *vc, int w, int h,
c = vc->vc_video_erase_char;
vc->vc_video_erase_char =
((c & 0xfe00) >> 1) | (c & 0xff);
c = vc->vc_def_color;
c = vc->vc_scrl_erase_char;
vc->vc_scrl_erase_char =
((c & 0xFE00) >> 1) | (c & 0xFF);
vc->vc_attr >>= 1;
@@ -2551,7 +2551,7 @@ static int fbcon_do_set_font(struct vc_data *vc, int w, int h,
if (vc->vc_can_do_color) {
vc->vc_video_erase_char =
((c & 0xff00) << 1) | (c & 0xff);
c = vc->vc_def_color;
c = vc->vc_scrl_erase_char;
vc->vc_scrl_erase_char =
((c & 0xFF00) << 1) | (c & 0xFF);
vc->vc_attr <<= 1;

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