[Nottingham] Preventing console starting on embedded arm-linuxsetup

[Mark O'Shea]

On Fri, 2 Apr 2004, Mark O'Shea wrote:
> > Hmmm.  The "uncompressing linux ..." appears on my host via the serial link,
> > so I think the bootloader is pointing to the right place.  If I boot up with
> > CTL-C to the bootloader command prompt then this too runs on the serial link
> > (they call it a manufacturing link)  There are only two things appearing via
> > the pxa's own video drivers - tux appears part way through the boot up
> > (after decompressing linux, but before things like ethernet setup), and then
> > a flashing cursor appears.
> >
> > I did try disabling "console support" at kernel compile time but that
> > removed the framebuffer device completely - no tux, no cursor, and the CRT
> > didn't even wake on power up.  I need to keep the framebuffer but remove the
> > console running on top of it.  All power management on the framebuffer
> > device needs to go too.
> >
> > If there's a flashing curson on the screen then there must be some code
> > attached to a timer which makes it flash, right?
> >
> > Any more ideas?
> >
> Ah, that tux logo.  Yes that one gets displayed if you compiled in
> framebuffer support to your kernel.  It is defined in
> include/linux/linux_logo.h, so you could change it to an invisible image.
> (Or hunt through the kernel code for the bit that enables it, and get
> rid).
>
> That still leaves the flashing cursor though.
>
>
This might help
http://www.arnor.net/linuxlogo/

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Mark O'Shea