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| author | Michael Osipov <michaelo@FreeBSD.org> | 2026-01-23 20:03:20 +0000 |
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| committer | Michael Osipov <michaelo@FreeBSD.org> | 2026-01-24 18:41:29 +0000 |
| commit | 28764001b504c3588fd9f8dd6e4c08144d20571c (patch) | |
| tree | 5ce1dd2937af2dd59ff968d7225f4ad3e9636d87 | |
| parent | 52ddca7c2e336ef43f6aadea601f72233b01bbe2 (diff) | |
vt.4: Document that hw.vga.textmode does not apply for UEFI(8) boot
PR: 292598
Approved by: ziaee, imp
MFC after: 3 days
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D54842
| -rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/vt.4 | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/vt.4 b/share/man/man4/vt.4 index d59030cfff9d..71682d23221c 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/vt.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/vt.4 @@ -201,12 +201,16 @@ prompt or in .Xr loader.conf 5 . .Bl -tag -width indent .It Va hw.vga.textmode -Set to 1 to use virtual terminals in text mode instead of graphics mode. +Set to 1 to use virtual terminals in text mode instead of graphics mode on +BIOS boot. Features that require graphics mode, like loadable fonts, will be disabled. .Pp If a KMS driver is loaded the console will switch to (and remain in) graphics mode. +Moreover this tunable has no effect with +.Xr UEFI 8 +boot because it does not use VGA mode. .It Va hw.vga.acpi_ignore_no_vga Set to 1 to force the usage of the VGA driver regardless of whether ACPI IAPC_BOOT_ARCH signals no VGA support. |