Updated <tt>vt(4)</tt> System Console

From owner-svn-doc-head@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 13 17:36:52 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CAD12788; Sun, 13 Jul 2014 17:36:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (svn.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:2068::e6a:0]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AB7C22983; Sun, 13 Jul 2014 17:36:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.70]) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.8/8.14.8) with ESMTP id s6DHaqvC093958; Sun, 13 Jul 2014 17:36:52 GMT (envelope-from gjb@svn.freebsd.org) Received: (from gjb@localhost) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.8/8.14.8/Submit) id s6DHaq4o093957; Sun, 13 Jul 2014 17:36:52 GMT (envelope-from gjb@svn.freebsd.org) Message-Id: <201407131736.s6DHaq4o093957@svn.freebsd.org> From: Glen Barber Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2014 17:36:52 +0000 (UTC) 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 X-SVN-Group: doc-head MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: svn-doc-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the doc tree for head List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2014 17:36:52 -0000 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 @@ ?>

Thanks to all the reporters for the excellent work! This - report contains 3 entries and we hope you enjoy reading it.

+ report contains 4 entries and we hope you enjoy reading it.

The deadline for submissions covering between July and September 2014 is October 7th, 2014.

@@ -218,4 +218,116 @@ Test on real hardware + + + Updated <tt>vt(4)</tt> System Console + + + + + Aleksandr + Rybalko + + ray@FreeBSD.org + + + + + Ed + Maste + + emaste@FreeBSD.org + + + + + Ed + Schouten + + ed@FreeBSD.org + + + + + Project wiki + page + + + +

The vt(4) (a.k.a. Newcons) project provides + a replacement for the legacy syscons system console. + It brings a number of improvements, including better + integration with graphics modes and broader character set + support.

+ +

Since the last report, + vt(4) gained the ability to make early driver + selection. vt(4) selects the best successfully + probed driver before most of kernel subsystems. Also, to make + easy migration from syscons(4) to vt(4), + multiple virtual terminal subsystems in the kernel are now + supported, and it is controlled by a small module with just + one kernel environment variable

kern.vty=syscons

or +

kern.vty=vt

+ +

The GENERIC kernel configuration for the amd64 and i386 + platforms include both syscons(4) and vt(4) + by default. Such configuration also planned to be in next + 10-STABLE release, expected to be included in + &os; 10.1-RELEASE.

+ +

Major highlights:

+ +

Unicode support.
Double-width character support for CJK characters.
xterm(1)-like terminal emulation.
Support for Kernel Mode Setting (KMS) drivers + (i915kms, radeonkms).
Support for different fonts per terminal window.
Simplified drivers.

+ +

Brief status of supported architectures and hardware:

+ +

amd64 (VGA/i915kms/radeonkms) — + works.
ARM framebuffer — works.
i386 (VGA/i915kms/radeonkms) — + works.
IA64 — untested.
MIPS — untested.
PPC and PPC64 — work, but without X.Org yet.
SPARC — works on certain hardware (e.g., Ultra + 5).
vesa(4) — in progress.
i386/amd64 nVidia driver — not supported. VGA + should be used (VESA planned).
Xbox framebuffer driver — will be deleted as + unused.

+ + + The &os; Foundation + + + Implement the remaining features supported by + vidcontrol(1). + + Write manual pages for vt(4) drivers and kernel + interface. + + Support direct handling of keyboard by the kbd + device (without kbdmux(4)). + + CJK fonts. (This is in progress). + Address performance issues on some architectures. + Switch to vt(4) by default. + Convert keyboard maps for use with vt(4). + Implement campatibility mode to be able to use single-byte + charsets/key-codes in the vt(4). + +