[PATCH 1/1] efi_loader: clear screen should move cursor to home

[Heinrich Schuchardt]

On a VT100 terminal <ESC>[2J should be enough to both clear the whole
screen and set the cursor to position (1, 1). But the Linux console does
not behave like this. So send an extra <ESC>[H. For reference see the
console_codes(4) man page.

Add a function description.

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk at gmx.de>
---
 lib/efi_loader/efi_console.c | 16 +++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/efi_loader/efi_console.c b/lib/efi_loader/efi_console.c
index 218f7caa12..8494044799 100644
--- a/lib/efi_loader/efi_console.c
+++ b/lib/efi_loader/efi_console.c
@@ -360,12 +360,26 @@ static efi_status_t EFIAPI efi_cout_set_attribute(
 	return EFI_EXIT(EFI_SUCCESS);
 }

+/**
+ * efi_cout_clear_screen() - clear screen
+ *
+ * This function implements the ClearScreen service of the
+ * EFI_SIMPLE_TEXT_OUTPUT_PROTOCOL. See the Unified Extensible Firmware
+ * Interface (UEFI) specification for details.
+ *
+ * @this:	pointer to the protocol instance
+ * Return:	status code
+ */
 static efi_status_t EFIAPI efi_cout_clear_screen(
 			struct efi_simple_text_output_protocol *this)
 {
 	EFI_ENTRY("%p", this);

-	printf(ESC"[2J");
+	/*
+	 * The Linux console wants both a clear and a home command. The video
+	 * uclass does not support <ESC>[H without coordinates, yet.
+	 */
+	printf(ESC "[2J" ESC "[1;1H");
 	efi_con_mode.cursor_column = 0;
 	efi_con_mode.cursor_row = 0;

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