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Refresh the vt(4) entry with the latest version.

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</name>
<email>ed@FreeBSD.org</email>
</person>
<person>
<name>
<given>Warren</given>
<common>Block</common>
</name>
<email>wblock@FreeBSD.org</email>
</person>
</contact>
<links>
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integration with graphics modes and broader character set
support.</p>
<p>Since the last <a
href="http://www.freebsd.org/news/status/report-2014-01-2014-03.html#Updated-vt%284%29-System-Console">report</a>,
<tt>vt(4)</tt> gained the ability to make early driver
selection. <tt>vt(4)</tt> selects the best successfully
probed driver before most of kernel subsystems. Also, to make
easy migration from <tt>syscons(4)</tt> to <tt>vt(4)</tt>,
multiple virtual terminal subsystems in the kernel are now
supported, and it is controlled by a small module with just
one kernel environment variable <tt>kern.vty=syscons</tt> or
<p>Since last <a
href="http://www.freebsd.org/news/status/report-2014-01-2014-03.html#Updated-vt%284%29-System-Console">report</a>
<tt>vt(4)</tt> got ability to make early driver selection.
<tt>vt(4)</tt> select best successfully probed driver before
most of kernel subsystems. Also, to make easy migration from
<tt>syscons(4)</tt> to <tt>vt(4)</tt>, multiple virtual
terminal subsystems in the kernel are now supported and it is
controlled by a small module with just one kernel environment
variable <tt>kern.vty=syscons</tt> or
<tt>kern.vty=vt</tt>.</p>
<p>The GENERIC kernel configuration for the amd64 and i386
platforms include both <tt>syscons(4)</tt> and <tt>vt(4)</tt>
by default. Such configuration also planned to be in next
10-STABLE release, expected to be included in
&os;&nbsp;10.1-RELEASE.</p>
by default. This configuration is also planned to be in the
next 10-STABLE release and &os;&nbsp;10.1-RELEASE.</p>
<p>Project finally get his man page, so now <tt>vt(4)</tt> not
only project name, but also link to its documentation. Great
thanks to &a.wblock; for that.</p>
<p>Major highlights:</p>