Quick question: sc(4) vs vt(4)

Pavel Timofeev timp87 at gmail.com
Thu Sep 3 04:46:33 UTC 2015


Hi! The only problem I experienced with vt(4) is extremely slow work in
default mode under some virtualization platforms, for example, Hyper-V.
vt(4) can be switched to text mode to make things better though.
03.09.2015 1:14 пользователь "Pokala, Ravi" <rpokala at panasas.com> написал:

> Hi folks,
>
> vt(4) says:
>
>      kern.vty
>              Set this value to `vt' or `sc' to override the default driver
>              used for the system console.  By default, sc(4) is used on
> com-
>              puters that boot from BIOS, and vt is used on computers that
> boot
>              from UEFI.
>
>
> Are there any known problems using vt(4) rather than sc(4) on systems
> booting with BIOS? One of our folks noticed that sc(4) has a bunch of
> dependencies, a bunch of which that are for obsolete hardware (AT
> keyboards and their controllers, splash screens, etc), that vt(4) does not.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ravi
>
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