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Date:      Thu, 7 Sep 2023 15:16:03 GMT
From:      Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-main@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   git: 2afef29b2c0b - main - syscons: refer to it as the legacy console
Message-ID:  <202309071516.387FG3K7050457@gitrepo.freebsd.org>

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The branch main has been updated by emaste:

URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=2afef29b2c0b59182c6c1e133733943eafab714d

commit 2afef29b2c0b59182c6c1e133733943eafab714d
Author:     Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2023-09-07 15:10:33 +0000
Commit:     Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2023-09-07 15:16:00 +0000

    syscons: refer to it as the legacy console
    
    vt(4) is the default console, and although there is no firm deprecation
    plan for syscons(4) yet it it is not actively maintained and is not
    compatible with contemporary systems (i.e., those booting via UEFI).
    
    Reviewed by:    manu
    MFC after:      3 days
    Sponsored by:   The FreeBSD Foundation
---
 share/man/man4/syscons.4 | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/share/man/man4/syscons.4 b/share/man/man4/syscons.4
index f9540ffe9bdc..19ecd5e3746e 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/syscons.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/syscons.4
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 .Sh NAME
 .Nm syscons ,
 .Nm sc
-.Nd the console driver
+.Nd the legacy console driver
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Cd "options MAXCONS=N"
 .Cd "options SC_ALT_MOUSE_IMAGE"



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