Add notes about the new console system and a pointer to the changes

required by it.

Submitted by: Kazutaka YOKOTA (with minor edits by me)
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@ -5,6 +5,17 @@ here, and it only starts on Novemeber 18, 1998. If you have an
earlier version of FreeBSD, you are on your own to get to November 18,
1998.
19990111
New keyboard and video card drivers are introduced as the first
stage of console driver reorganization. You are required to
update the kernel configuration file and rebuild the kernel.
kbdcontrol, vidcontrol, and screen savers also need recompilation.
The instruction can be found in
http://www.freebsd.org/~yokota/sc_update.txt
It has notes on splash screen too.
19980106:
Robert was kind enough to make this page to enable people to
install the new bootblocks:
@ -65,4 +76,4 @@ earlier version of FreeBSD, you are on your own to get to November 18,
YYYYMMDD:
What happened and what you need to do.
$Id: UPDATING,v 1.8 1999/01/06 07:12:41 imp Exp $
$Id: UPDATING,v 1.9 1999/01/06 19:35:46 imp Exp $