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author | emaste <emaste@FreeBSD.org> | 2014-07-21 16:21:17 +0000 |
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committer | emaste <emaste@FreeBSD.org> | 2014-07-21 16:21:17 +0000 |
commit | 9cdf3487e3e670ff0515985f41052e99abc3a4a1 (patch) | |
tree | 9da5386fc8b3f9e4db836b8de26198ea1f7b9975 | |
parent | 3c44a958ca4a15aaeabc2be33e23b2bc0afee7d8 (diff) | |
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MFC syscons(4) man page updates:
r268050: Add a vt(4) cross reference to syscons(4)
r268169: Clarify the setting of syscons driver flags
Submitted by: wblock
r268215: Describe kern.vty sc/vt tunable in syscons(4)
Reviewed by: wblock
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/syscons.4 | 31 |
1 files changed, 29 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/syscons.4 b/share/man/man4/syscons.4 index d9400c9..c16e79a 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/syscons.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/syscons.4 @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd September 11, 2009 +.Dd July 21, 2014 .Dt SYSCONS 4 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ In .Pa /boot/device.hints : .Cd hint.sc.0.at="isa" .Cd hint.sc.0.vesa_mode=0x103 +.Pp +In +.Pa /boot/loader.conf : +.Cd kern.vty=sc .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm @@ -403,7 +407,9 @@ option too. The following driver flags can be used to control the .Nm driver. -They can be set either in +Driver flags can be set with the +.Cd hint.sc.0.flags +tunable, either in .Pa /boot/device.hints , or else at the loader prompt (see .Xr loader 8 ) . @@ -446,6 +452,26 @@ This option instructs the syscons driver to periodically scan for a keyboard device if it is not currently attached to one. Otherwise, the driver only probes for a keyboard once during bootup. .El +.Ss Loader Tunables +These settings can be entered at the +.Xr loader 8 +prompt or in +.Xr loader.conf 5 . +.Bl -tag -width indent +.It Va kern.vty +When both +.Nm +and +.Xr vt 4 +have been compiled into the kernel, the one to use for the system console can +be selected by setting this variable to +.Ql sc +or +.Ql vt . +If not set, +.Nm +provides the default system console. +.El .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width /usr/share/syscons/xxxxyyyyzzz -compact .It Pa /dev/console @@ -533,6 +559,7 @@ to the kernel. .Xr splash 4 , .Xr ukbd 4 , .Xr vga 4 , +.Xr vt 4 , .Xr kbdmap 5 , .Xr rc.conf 5 , .Xr ttys 5 , |