[Bug 199053] GENERIC kernel should include vt device

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            Bug ID: 199053
           Summary: GENERIC kernel should include vt device
           Product: Base System
           Version: 9.3-RELEASE
          Hardware: Any
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Only Me
          Priority: ---
         Component: conf
          Assignee: freebsd-bugs at FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: torsten.eichstaedt at web.de

Since some of the new Xorg video drivers (e.g. intel) use kms, one can't switch
between X and the text console when using syscons.  Therefore it is desirable
that the default GENERIC kernel includes the vt device, and 'freebsd-update'
should install the vt keymaps and fonts.

This affects all people using 'pkg upgrade' and 'freebsd-update', who use one
of the relevant Xorg video drivers.

I have "kern.vty=vt" in my /boot/loader.conf but vt isn't available as a
module.
IMHO the default settings shall not make a system "unusable" (which is of
course not completely the case here).  It's no problem to include vt
additionally to syscons, so one can switch between them using the appropiate
settings in loader.conf, and the update msg of Xorg drivers include the
appropiate hints.  Right now, one has to compile a custom kernel, thus
disabling freebsd-update's housekeeping of the kernel.

Environment:
FreeBSD paul-lifebook.local.lan 9.3-RELEASE-p10 FreeBSD 9.3-RELEASE-p10 #0: Tue
Feb 24 21:28:03 UTC 2015    
root at amd64-builder.daemonology.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  amd64
(this is because I booted kernel.old1 after updating to p12)

How-To-Repeat:
Have a machine with a graphics card affected by the new kms of new Xorg video
drivers. Update from 9.3-RELEASE (prior p10?) to p12 (p10?) with freebsd-udate
and update Xorg with 'pkg update'.

Fix:
Build and install a custom kernel, e.g. using the supplied VT kernel config.

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