Date: Thu, 26 May 2022 00:25:50 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: 20b2b464ebb6 - main - syscons: note incompatibility with UEFI Message-ID: <202205260025.24Q0PoYO061055@gitrepo.freebsd.org>
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The branch main has been updated by emaste: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=20b2b464ebb6748756e262d8a421509a2937c74b commit 20b2b464ebb6748756e262d8a421509a2937c74b Author: Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org> AuthorDate: 2022-05-26 00:19:24 +0000 Commit: Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2022-05-26 00:25:41 +0000 syscons: note incompatibility with UEFI PR: 264226 MFC after: 1 week Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation --- share/man/man4/syscons.4 | 10 +++++++++- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/share/man/man4/syscons.4 b/share/man/man4/syscons.4 index c2f8cd56e0ee..bbc370ecd0d2 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/syscons.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/syscons.4 @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd June 2, 2018 +.Dd May 25, 2022 .Dt SYSCONS 4 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -77,6 +77,14 @@ The driver provides multiple virtual terminals. It resembles the SCO color console driver. .Pp +Note that the +.Nm +driver is not compatible with systems booted via +.Xr UEFI 8 . +Forcing use of +.Nm +on such systems will result in no usable console. +.Pp The .Nm driver is implemented on top of the keyboard driver
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