vt.4: document kern.consmute

MFC after: 3 days

Reviewed by: imp
Pull Request: https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-src/pull/1521

Add new kern.vt.slow_down tunable.

On a laptop with no other console devices than the screen, things
scroll of the screen faster than eye or camera can capture it.

This tunable slows the console do

Add new kern.vt.slow_down tunable.

On a laptop with no other console devices than the screen, things
scroll of the screen faster than eye or camera can capture it.

This tunable slows the console down and makes it update synchronously,
so console output continues when timers or interrupts do not.

Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D47710

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vt.4: align tables + 80 character line limit

Reviewed by: emaste
MFC after: 3 days
Pull request: https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-src/pull/1514

manuals/description: system video console utilitys

Update the man page descriptions so that apropos are more consistent for
console related man pages.

Motive: apropos results: clarify consistently

manuals/description: system video console utilitys

Update the man page descriptions so that apropos are more consistent for
console related man pages.

Motive: apropos results: clarify consistently
MFC after: 3 days
Reviewed by: emaste, imp
Pull Request: https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-src/pull/1275

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vt(4): add note about sc/UEFI incompatibility

syscons is not compatible with UEFI boot. This is noted in syscons(4),
but not mentioned in vt(4) where the kern.vty tunable (used to select vt
or sc)

vt(4): add note about sc/UEFI incompatibility

syscons is not compatible with UEFI boot. This is noted in syscons(4),
but not mentioned in vt(4) where the kern.vty tunable (used to select vt
or sc) is documented. Add a note so that if someone reads vt(4) but not
sc(4) they are not surprised by having no usable console.

PR: 276206
Reviewed by: brooks
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D45357

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vt.4: explain console fonts

Add explaination about console fonts, how to convert them, which subset
of things support them and how to use them.

Reviewed by: imp
Pull Request: https://github.com/fre

vt.4: explain console fonts

Add explaination about console fonts, how to convert them, which subset
of things support them and how to use them.

Reviewed by: imp
Pull Request: https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-src/pull/1063

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Remove $FreeBSD$: two-line nroff pattern

Remove /^\.\\"\n\.\\"\s*\$FreeBSD\$$\n/

vt(4): document enable_altgr

Reviewed by: bcr
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D39997

vt.4: Provide a hint about Fn + K Scroll Lock combination

Many laptops do not have Scroll Lock and use a function key sequence
to access it.

MFC after: 1 week

Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation

vt/vga: ignore ACPI_FADT_NO_VGA unless running virtualized

There's too many broken hardware out there that wrongly has the
ACPI_FADT_NO_VGA bit set. Ignore it unless running as a virtualized
guest,

vt/vga: ignore ACPI_FADT_NO_VGA unless running virtualized

There's too many broken hardware out there that wrongly has the
ACPI_FADT_NO_VGA bit set. Ignore it unless running as a virtualized
guest, as then the expectation would be that the hypervisor does
provide correct ACPI tables.

Reviewed by: emaste, 0mp, eugen
MFC: 3 days
Sponsored by: Citrix Systems R&D
PR: 230172
Differential revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D34392

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vt(4): note that VGA palette configuration is not supported

PR: 261311
MFC after: 1 week
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D34431

Fix mdoc macro usage and style in section 4 manpages.

vt.4: clarify that a KMS driver switches to graphics mode

PR: 261909
MFC after: 3 days
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation

vt: fix git mismerge

I made a mistaking in merging the final commits for the devctl changes. This
adds the 'hushed' variable and has the correct dates for the manuals.

Pointy hat to: imp

vt: fix typo

Notifcation -> Notification

vt: Add devctl message for bells

Generate VT events when the bell beeps. When coupled with disabling the
bell,this allows custom bells to be rung when we'd otherwise beep.

Reviewed by: kevans
Diffe

vt: Add devctl message for bells

Generate VT events when the bell beeps. When coupled with disabling the
bell,this allows custom bells to be rung when we'd otherwise beep.

Reviewed by: kevans
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D32656

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Update vt(4) config option names to chase r303043.

PR: 246080
Submitted by: David Marec <david@lapinbilly.eu>
MFC after: 1 week

vt: add option to ignore NO_VGA flag in ACPI

To workaround buggy firmware that sets this flag when there's actually
a VGA present.

Reported and tested by: Yasuhiro KIMURA <yasu@utahime.org>
Sponsor

vt: add option to ignore NO_VGA flag in ACPI

To workaround buggy firmware that sets this flag when there's actually
a VGA present.

Reported and tested by: Yasuhiro KIMURA <yasu@utahime.org>
Sponsored by: Citrix Systems R&D
Reviewed by: kib
Differential revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D16003

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Merge ^/head r327341 through r327623.

vt(4): add support for configurable console palette

Introduce new set of loader tunables kern.vt.color.N.rgb, where N is a
number from 0 to 15. The value is either comma-separated list decimal
numbe

vt(4): add support for configurable console palette

Introduce new set of loader tunables kern.vt.color.N.rgb, where N is a
number from 0 to 15. The value is either comma-separated list decimal
numbers ranging from 0 to 255 that represent values of red, green, and
blue components respectively (i.e. "128,128,128") or 6-digit hex triplet
commonly used to represent colors in HTML or xterm settings (i.e. #808080)

Each tunable overrides one of the 16 hardcoded palette codes and can be set
in loader.conf(5)

Reviewed by: bcr(docs), jilles, manu, ray
MFC after: 2 weeks
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D13645

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MFhead@r320180

Merge ^/head r319973 through 321382.

Merge ^/head r320573 through r320970.

Use more canonical .Dt for vt(4).

MFC after: 2 weeks

Merge ^/head r305431 through r305622.