Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2014 17:36:52 +0000 (UTC) From: Glen Barber <gjb@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r45266 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status Message-ID: <201407131736.s6DHaq4o093957@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: gjb Date: Sun Jul 13 17:36:52 2014 New Revision: 45266 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/45266 Log: Add vt(4) report. Submitted by: ray Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2014-04-2014-06.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2014-04-2014-06.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2014-04-2014-06.xml Sun Jul 13 10:54:43 2014 (r45265) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2014-04-2014-06.xml Sun Jul 13 17:36:52 2014 (r45266) @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ ?> <p>Thanks to all the reporters for the excellent work! This - report contains 3 entries and we hope you enjoy reading it.</p> + report contains 4 entries and we hope you enjoy reading it.</p> <p>The deadline for submissions covering between July and September 2014 is October 7th, 2014.</p> @@ -218,4 +218,116 @@ <task>Test on real hardware</task> </help> </project> + + <project cat='kern'> + <title>Updated <tt>vt(4)</tt> System Console</title> + + <contact> + <person> + <name> + <given>Aleksandr</given> + <common>Rybalko</common> + </name> + <email>ray@FreeBSD.org</email> + </person> + + <person> + <name> + <given>Ed</given> + <common>Maste</common> + </name> + <email>emaste@FreeBSD.org</email> + </person> + + <person> + <name> + <given>Ed</given> + <common>Schouten</common> + </name> + <email>ed@FreeBSD.org</email> + </person> + </contact> + + <links> + <url href="https://wiki.freebsd.org/Newcons">Project wiki + page</url> + </links> + + <body> + <p>The <tt>vt(4)</tt> (a.k.a. <tt>Newcons</tt>) project provides + a replacement for the legacy <tt>syscons</tt> system console. + It brings a number of improvements, including better + integration with graphics modes and broader character set + support.</p> + + <p>Since the last <a + href="http://www.freebsd.org/news/status/report-2014-01-2014-03.html#Updated-vt%284%29-System-Console">report</a>, + <tt>vt(4)</tt> gained the ability to make early driver + selection. <tt>vt(4)</tt> selects the best successfully + probed driver before most of kernel subsystems. Also, to make + easy migration from <tt>syscons(4)</tt> to <tt>vt(4)</tt>, + multiple virtual terminal subsystems in the kernel are now + supported, and it is controlled by a small module with just + one kernel environment variable <pre>kern.vty=syscons</pre> or + <pre>kern.vty=vt</pre>.</p> + + <p>The GENERIC kernel configuration for the amd64 and i386 + platforms include both <tt>syscons(4)</tt> and <tt>vt(4)</tt> + by default. Such configuration also planned to be in next + 10-STABLE release, expected to be included in + &os; 10.1-RELEASE.</p> + + <p>Major highlights:</p> + + <ul> + <li>Unicode support.</li> + <li>Double-width character support for CJK characters.</li> + <li><tt>xterm(1)</tt>-like terminal emulation.</li> + <li>Support for Kernel Mode Setting (KMS) drivers + (<tt>i915kms</tt>, <tt>radeonkms</tt>).</li> + <li>Support for different fonts per terminal window.</li> + <li>Simplified drivers.</li> + </ul> + + <p>Brief status of supported architectures and hardware:</p> + + <ul> + <li>amd64 (VGA/<tt>i915kms</tt>/<tt>radeonkms</tt>) — + works.</li> + <li>ARM framebuffer — works.</li> + <li>i386 (VGA/<tt>i915kms</tt>/<tt>radeonkms</tt>) — + works.</li> + <li>IA64 — untested.</li> + <li>MIPS — untested.</li> + <li>PPC and PPC64 — work, but without X.Org yet.</li> + <li>SPARC — works on certain hardware (e.g., Ultra + 5).</li> + <li><tt>vesa(4)</tt> — in progress.</li> + <li>i386/amd64 nVidia driver — not supported. VGA + should be used (VESA planned).</li> + <li>Xbox framebuffer driver — will be deleted as + unused.</li> + </ul> + </body> + + <sponsor>The &os; Foundation</sponsor> + + <help> + <task>Implement the remaining features supported by + <tt>vidcontrol(1)</tt>.</task> + + <task>Write manual pages for <tt>vt(4)</tt> drivers and kernel + interface.</task> + + <task>Support direct handling of keyboard by the <tt>kbd</tt> + device (without <tt>kbdmux(4)</tt>).</task> + + <task>CJK fonts. (This is in progress).</task> + <task>Address performance issues on some architectures.</task> + <task>Switch to <tt>vt(4)</tt> by default.</task> + <task>Convert keyboard maps for use with <tt>vt(4)</tt>.</task> + <task>Implement campatibility mode to be able to use single-byte + charsets/key-codes in the <tt>vt(4)</tt>.</task> + </help> + </project> </report>
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