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syscons: add deprecation notice

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syscons: add deprecation notice

syscons(4) is not compatible with UEFI, does not support UTF-8, and is
Giant-locked. There is no specific timeline yet for removing it, but
support for the Giant lock is expected to go away in one or two major
release cycles. Add a deprecation notice to avoid surprises, and help
ensure that any material deficiencies in vt(4) become known.

Reviewed by: manu, markj, imp
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D47396

(cherry picked from commit fc2a3ec6fe6aa00d9be0c293c38e0ef9ac7e2b64)
(cherry picked from commit 8c922db4f3d9dc41f228357d391f0a899292427e)

Approved by: re (cperciva)

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Provenance
emasteAuthored on Fri, Nov 1, 4:51 PM
Reviewer
manu
Differential Revision
D47396: syscons(4): add deprecation notice
Parents
rG0015947451ea: vt: Fix frequency calcuation for bell
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