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

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 ,