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Date:      Thu, 17 Feb 2022 01:07:40 GMT
From:      Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-branches@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   git: 9ad3ccb816a3 - stable/12 - vt.4: clarify that a KMS driver switches to graphics mode
Message-ID:  <202202170107.21H17ecX028812@gitrepo.freebsd.org>

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The branch stable/12 has been updated by emaste:

URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=9ad3ccb816a314804d53a2e5f071c64b4c5c727d

commit 9ad3ccb816a314804d53a2e5f071c64b4c5c727d
Author:     Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2022-02-14 19:03:52 +0000
Commit:     Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2022-02-17 01:07:30 +0000

    vt.4: clarify that a KMS driver switches to graphics mode
    
    PR:             261909
    MFC after:      3 days
    Sponsored by:   The FreeBSD Foundation
    
    (cherry picked from commit 004b0aa86967213d0773ec95b5efd28d8a3c9538)
---
 share/man/man4/vt.4 | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/share/man/man4/vt.4 b/share/man/man4/vt.4
index 8584706dc1aa..bb31b1b18523 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/vt.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/vt.4
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd June 4, 2020
+.Dd February 14, 2022
 .Dt "VT" 4
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -197,6 +197,9 @@ prompt or in
 Set to 1 to use virtual terminals in text mode instead of graphics mode.
 Features that require graphics mode, like loadable fonts, will be
 disabled.
+.Pp
+If a KMS driver is loaded the console will switch to (and remain in)
+graphics mode.
 .It Va hw.vga.acpi_ignore_no_vga
 Set to 1 to force the usage of the VGA driver regardless of whether
 ACPI IAPC_BOOT_ARCH signals no VGA support.



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