Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2016 14:16:33 +0000 (UTC) From: Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r302055 - head/share/man/man4 Message-ID: <201606211416.u5LEGXde092560@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: emaste Date: Tue Jun 21 14:16:32 2016 New Revision: 302055 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/302055 Log: syscons.4,vt.4: update kern.vty description reflecting vt as default rS274085 made vt(4) the default system console. Catch up to this in the man page description for the kern.vty tunable. Reviewed by: bz Approved by: re (hrs) Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D6901 Modified: head/share/man/man4/syscons.4 head/share/man/man4/vt.4 Modified: head/share/man/man4/syscons.4 ============================================================================== --- head/share/man/man4/syscons.4 Tue Jun 21 13:48:49 2016 (r302054) +++ head/share/man/man4/syscons.4 Tue Jun 21 14:16:32 2016 (r302055) @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd July 3, 2014 +.Dd June 21, 2016 .Dt SYSCONS 4 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -468,9 +468,10 @@ be selected by setting this variable to .Ql sc or .Ql vt . -If not set, -.Nm -provides the default system console. +If not set, the default console in the +.Pa GENERIC +kernel is +.Xr vt 4 . .El .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width /usr/share/syscons/xxxxyyyyzzz -compact Modified: head/share/man/man4/vt.4 ============================================================================== --- head/share/man/man4/vt.4 Tue Jun 21 13:48:49 2016 (r302054) +++ head/share/man/man4/vt.4 Tue Jun 21 14:16:32 2016 (r302055) @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd April 17, 2016 +.Dd June 21, 2016 .Dt "VIRTUAL TERMINALS" 4 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -200,12 +200,11 @@ Set this value to .Ql vt or .Ql sc -to override the default driver used for the system console. -By default, -.Xr sc 4 -is used on computers that boot from BIOS, and -.Nm -is used on computers that boot from UEFI. +to choose a specific system console, overriding the default. +If not set, the default in the +.Pa GENERIC +kernel is +.Nm . .It Va kern.vt.fb.default_mode Set this value to a graphic mode to override the default mode picked by the .Nm
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