svn commit: r45777 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status

Fri Oct 10 20:59:39 UTC 2014

Author: wblock
Date: Fri Oct 10 20:59:38 2014
New Revision: 45777
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/45777

Log:
  Add vt(4) report.

Modified:
  head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2014-07-2014-09.xml

Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2014-07-2014-09.xml
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--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2014-07-2014-09.xml	Fri Oct 10 20:55:35 2014	(r45776)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2014-07-2014-09.xml	Fri Oct 10 20:59:38 2014	(r45777)
@@ -1709,4 +1709,107 @@
       </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 at FreeBSD.org</email>
+      </person>
+
+      <person>
+	<name>
+	  <given>Ed</given>
+	  <common>Maste</common>
+	</name>
+	<email>emaste at FreeBSD.org</email>
+      </person>
+
+      <person>
+	<name>
+	  <given>Ed</given>
+	  <common>Schouten</common>
+	</name>
+	<email>ed at FreeBSD.org</email>
+      </person>
+
+      <person>
+	<name>
+	  <given>Jean-Sébastien</given>
+	  <common>Pédron</common>
+	</name>
+	<email>dumbbell at FreeBSD.org</email>
+      </person>
+
+      <person>
+	<name>
+	  <given>Warren</given>
+	  <common>Block</common>
+	</name>
+	<email>wblock at 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-Sébastien Pédron 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>
