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vt(4) is the default console for UEFI boot [1], and the bitmapped kern.vt.spclkeys sysctl has been replaced with individual kern.vt.kbd_* enable sysctls.

PR: 193710 https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=193710
Submitted by: wblock [1]
MFC After: 3 days
Relnotes: Yes

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share/man/man4/vt.4
216 ↗(On Diff #2002)

The mention of .Xr keymap 5 can be factored out to a single mention at the beginning. It might be a mistake to mention the defaults, since those are probably dependent on the keymap.

.Sh Keymap Settings

These settings control whether certain key combinations are enabled or ignored. See
.Xr keymap 5
.Bl -tag -width indent
...

(untested, probably needs more markup)

Try to capture Warren's comments

share/man/man4/vt.4
209 ↗(On Diff #2004)

Prefer "can" for "it is possible" to "may" which often means "you have permission".

226 ↗(On Diff #2004)

The parens make for more of an aside. Maybe just "...combination, usually Ctrl+Alt+Del. Likewise for the next entry.

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Works for me. Thanks!

This revision is now accepted and ready to land.Oct 16 2014, 6:45 PM
emaste updated this revision to Diff 2006.

Closed by commit rS273178 (authored by @emaste).