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From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To: Gregory Orange <gregory.orange@calorieking.com>
Subject: Re: CURRENT: Intel Haswell KMS support?
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On Tue, 6 Jan 2015, Gregory Orange wrote:

> On 05/01/15 23:07, Warren Block wrote:
>> There is also hw.vga.textmode=1, which causes vt to remain in
>> text mode until a switch to graphics is made, like starting X.  This can
>> make booting faster, mostly due to text scrolling.
>
> sysctl -a doesn't show this setting - is there a way to confirm this is in 
> place?

Other than looking for that entry in /boot/loader.conf, not that I know.