Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2014 00:05:16 +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: r45278 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status Message-ID: <201407140005.s6E05G4Q088783@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: gjb Date: Mon Jul 14 00:05:16 2014 New Revision: 45278 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/45278 Log: Refresh the vt(4) entry with the latest version. 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 23:17:31 2014 (r45277) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2014-04-2014-06.xml Mon Jul 14 00:05:16 2014 (r45278) @@ -246,6 +246,14 @@ </name> <email>ed@FreeBSD.org</email> </person> + + <person> + <name> + <given>Warren</given> + <common>Block</common> + </name> + <email>wblock@FreeBSD.org</email> + </person> </contact> <links> @@ -260,22 +268,25 @@ 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 <tt>kern.vty=syscons</tt> or + <p>Since 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> got ability to make early driver selection. + <tt>vt(4)</tt> select 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 <tt>kern.vty=syscons</tt> or <tt>kern.vty=vt</tt>.</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> + by default. This configuration is also planned to be in the + next 10-STABLE release and &os; 10.1-RELEASE.</p> + + <p>Project finally get his man page, so now <tt>vt(4)</tt> not + only project name, but also link to its documentation. Great + thanks to &a.wblock; for that.</p> <p>Major highlights:</p>
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