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Date: Thu, 26 May 2022 00:25:50 UTC
The branch main has been updated by emaste:
URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=20b2b464ebb6748756e262d8a421509a2937c74b
commit 20b2b464ebb6748756e262d8a421509a2937c74b
Author: Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2022-05-26 00:19:24 +0000
Commit: Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2022-05-26 00:25:41 +0000
syscons: note incompatibility with UEFI
PR: 264226
MFC after: 1 week
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation
---
share/man/man4/syscons.4 | 10 +++++++++-
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/share/man/man4/syscons.4 b/share/man/man4/syscons.4
index c2f8cd56e0ee..bbc370ecd0d2 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/syscons.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/syscons.4
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd June 2, 2018
+.Dd May 25, 2022
.Dt SYSCONS 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -77,6 +77,14 @@ The
driver provides multiple virtual terminals.
It resembles the SCO color console driver.
.Pp
+Note that the
+.Nm
+driver is not compatible with systems booted via
+.Xr UEFI 8 .
+Forcing use of
+.Nm
+on such systems will result in no usable console.
+.Pp
The
.Nm
driver is implemented on top of the keyboard driver