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</task>
</help>
</project>
<project cat='kern'>
<title>Updated <tt>vt(4)</tt> System Console</title>
<contact>
<person>
<name>
<given>Aleksandr</given>
<common>Rybalko</common>
</name>
<email>ray@FreeBSD.org</email>
</person>
<person>
<name>
<given>Ed</given>
<common>Maste</common>
</name>
<email>emaste@FreeBSD.org</email>
</person>
<person>
<name>
<given>Ed</given>
<common>Schouten</common>
</name>
<email>ed@FreeBSD.org</email>
</person>
<person>
<name>
<given>Jean-S&eacute;bastien</given>
<common>P&eacute;dron</common>
</name>
<email>dumbbell@FreeBSD.org</email>
</person>
<person>
<name>
<given>Warren</given>
<common>Block</common>
</name>
<email>wblock@FreeBSD.org</email>
</person>
</contact>
<links>
<url href="https://wiki.freebsd.org/Newcons">Project wiki page</url>
</links>
<body>
<p>The <tt>vt(4)</tt> (aka <tt>Newcons</tt>) project provides
a replacement for the legacy <tt>syscons</tt> system console.
It brings a number of improvements, including better
integration with graphics modes and broader character set
support.</p>
<p>A large number of improvements were committed to
<tt>vt(4)</tt> over the last three months.
Jean-S&eacute;bastien P&eacute;dron fixed significant
performance regressions observed with <tt>vt_vga</tt>,
particularly noticeable on virtual machines. Stefan Esser
converted and cleaned up all of the keyboard map files for use
with <tt>vt(4)</tt>.</p>
<p>The EFI framebuffer driver and the ofwfb driver now works
with the xf86-video-scfb X11 video driver, supporting
native-resolution (albeit unaccelerated) X.</p>
<p>The fixes and improvements have all been merged and will be
available in the upcoming &os; 10.1 release.</p>
</body>
<help>
<task>
<p>Implement the remaining features supported by
<tt>vidcontrol(1)</tt>.</p>
</task>
<task>
<p>Write manual pages for <tt>vt(4)</tt> drivers and kernel
interfaces.</p>
</task>
<task>
<p>Support direct handling of keyboard by the <tt>kbd</tt>
device (without <tt>kbdmux(4)</tt>).</p>
</task>
<task>
<p>CJK fonts. This is in progress.</p>
</task>
<task>
<p>Switch to <tt>vt(4)</tt> by default.</p>
</task>
<task>
<p>Implement compatibility mode to be able to use single-byte
charsets/key-codes in <tt>vt(4)</tt>.</p>
</task>
</help>
</project>
</report>