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The video console runs a video_console_fixup_cursor() function after every printed character to make sure the cursor is still in the output window and avoid overflows. For some crazy reason, this function does not run when cursor_enabled is false... however, that variable is only about cursor *visibility*, and it's imperative that we still do proper bounds checking for our output even if the cursor itself doesn't get displayed (otherwise we can end up overwriting malloc cookies that cause a panic on the next free() and other fun things like that). In fact, there seems to be no reason at all to even keep track of the cursor visibility state in the generic video console framework (the specific backends already do it, too), so let's remove that code entirely. Also set the default cursor visibilty in the corebootfb backend to 0 since that's consistent with what the other backends do. BUG=None TEST=Turn on video console on Big, generate enough output to make it scroll, make sure it does not crash. Original-Change-Id: I1201a5bccb4711b6ecfc4cf47a8ace16331501b4 Original-Signed-off-by: Julius Werner <jwerner@chromium.org> Original-Reviewed-on: https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/196323 Original-Reviewed-by: Gabe Black <gabeblack@chromium.org> Original-Reviewed-by: Hung-Te Lin <hungte@chromium.org> Original-Reviewed-by: Stefan Reinauer <reinauer@chromium.org> (cherry picked from commit 1f880bca06ed0a3f2c75abab399d32a2e51ed10e) Signed-off-by: Marc Jones <marc.jones@se-eng.com> Change-Id: I6c67a9efb00d96fcd67f7bc1ab55a23e78fc479e Reviewed-on: http://review.coreboot.org/7908 Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) Reviewed-by: Edward O'Callaghan <eocallaghan@alterapraxis.com>
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- coreboot README ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- coreboot is a Free Software project aimed at replacing the proprietary BIOS (firmware) found in most computers. coreboot performs a little bit of hardware initialization and then executes additional boot logic, called a payload. With the separation of hardware initialization and later boot logic, coreboot can scale from specialized applications that run directly firmware, run operating systems in flash, load custom bootloaders, or implement firmware standards, like PC BIOS services or UEFI. This allows for systems to only include the features necessary in the target application, reducing the amount of code and flash space required. coreboot was formerly known as LinuxBIOS. Payloads -------- After the basic initialization of the hardware has been performed, any desired "payload" can be started by coreboot. See http://www.coreboot.org/Payloads for a list of supported payloads. Supported Hardware ------------------ coreboot supports a wide range of chipsets, devices, and mainboards. For details please consult: * http://www.coreboot.org/Supported_Motherboards * http://www.coreboot.org/Supported_Chipsets_and_Devices Build Requirements ------------------ * gcc / g++ * make Optional: * doxygen (for generating/viewing documentation) * iasl (for targets with ACPI support) * gdb (for better debugging facilities on some targets) * ncurses (for 'make menuconfig') * flex and bison (for regenerating parsers) Building coreboot ----------------- Please consult http://www.coreboot.org/Build_HOWTO for details. Testing coreboot Without Modifying Your Hardware ------------------------------------------------ If you want to test coreboot without any risks before you really decide to use it on your hardware, you can use the QEMU system emulator to run coreboot virtually in QEMU. Please see http://www.coreboot.org/QEMU for details. Website and Mailing List ------------------------ Further details on the project, a FAQ, many HOWTOs, news, development guidelines and more can be found on the coreboot website: http://www.coreboot.org You can contact us directly on the coreboot mailing list: http://www.coreboot.org/Mailinglist Copyright and License --------------------- The copyright on coreboot is owned by quite a large number of individual developers and companies. Please check the individual source files for details. coreboot is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL). Some files are licensed under the "GPL (version 2, or any later version)", and some files are licensed under the "GPL, version 2". For some parts, which were derived from other projects, other (GPL-compatible) licenses may apply. Please check the individual source files for details. This makes the resulting coreboot images licensed under the GPL, version 2.