[PATCH 1/1] efi_loader: avoid EFI_CALL() for clearing screen
Jan Kiszka
jan.kiszka at siemens.com
Fri Nov 4 08:41:29 CET 2022
On 04.11.22 08:25, Jan Kiszka wrote:
> On 15.10.22 12:15, Heinrich Schuchardt wrote:
>> Carve out function efi_clear_screen.
>>
>
> This does not motivate *why* you prefer to not use efi_cout_clear_screen
> anymore.
Why this in principle still hold...
>
> A side effect of this is that the screen will not longer be filled with
> a new background color, leading to lines that are written with that new
> background but only for the actual text length. Attached a screenshot to
> visualize this. Was that intended? Not saying it's necessarily critical.
...strike that: I lost some bits from my "efi_loader: Improve console
screen clearing and reset" patch while rebasing, and those were
responsible for also setting the background color consistently. Seems I
need to work on my own commit message too.
Jan
>
> Jan
>
> PS: This is with proper console scrolling in place to avoid overwriting.
> Will send an update of my related patch soon.
>
>> Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt at canonical.com>
>> ---
>> lib/efi_loader/efi_console.c | 26 +++++++++++++++++---------
>> 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/lib/efi_loader/efi_console.c b/lib/efi_loader/efi_console.c
>> index 3354b217a9..6d4784e140 100644
>> --- a/lib/efi_loader/efi_console.c
>> +++ b/lib/efi_loader/efi_console.c
>> @@ -460,6 +460,20 @@ static efi_status_t EFIAPI efi_cout_set_attribute(
>> return EFI_EXIT(EFI_SUCCESS);
>> }
>>
>> +/**
>> + * efi_cout_clear_screen() - clear screen
>> + */
>> +static void efi_clear_screen(void)
>> +{
>> + /*
>> + * 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;
>> +}
>> +
>> /**
>> * efi_cout_clear_screen() - clear screen
>> *
>> @@ -475,13 +489,7 @@ static efi_status_t EFIAPI efi_cout_clear_screen(
>> {
>> EFI_ENTRY("%p", this);
>>
>> - /*
>> - * 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;
>> + efi_clear_screen();
>>
>> return EFI_EXIT(EFI_SUCCESS);
>> }
>> @@ -510,7 +518,7 @@ static efi_status_t EFIAPI efi_cout_set_mode(
>> return EFI_EXIT(EFI_UNSUPPORTED);
>>
>> efi_con_mode.mode = mode_number;
>> - EFI_CALL(efi_cout_clear_screen(this));
>> + efi_clear_screen();
>>
>> return EFI_EXIT(EFI_SUCCESS);
>> }
>> @@ -536,7 +544,7 @@ static efi_status_t EFIAPI efi_cout_reset(
>> efi_con_mode.attribute = 0x07;
>> printf(ESC "[0;37;40m");
>> /* Clear screen */
>> - EFI_CALL(efi_cout_clear_screen(this));
>> + efi_clear_screen();
>>
>> return EFI_EXIT(EFI_SUCCESS);
>> }
>
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