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@@ -31,6 +31,24 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 11.x IS SLOW: disable the most expensive debugging functionality run "ln -s 'abort:false,junk:false' /etc/malloc.conf".) +20141104: + vt(4), the new console driver, is enabled by default. It brings + support for Unicode and double-width characters, as well as + support for UEFI and integration with the KMS kernel video + drivers. + + You may need to update your console settings in /etc/rc.conf, + most probably the keymap. During boot, /etc/rc.d/syscons will + indicate what you need to do. + + vt(4) still has issues and lacks some features compared to + syscons(4). See the wiki for up-to-date information: + https://wiki.freebsd.org/Newcons + + If you want to keep using syscons(4), you can do so by adding + the following line to /boot/loader.conf: + kern.vty=sc + 20141102: pjdfstest has been integrated into kyua as an opt-in test suite. Please see share/doc/pjdfstest/README for a more details on how to |