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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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