1.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991 The Regents of the University of California. 2.\" All rights reserved. 3.\" 4.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by 5.\" the Systems Programming Group of the University of Utah Computer 6.\" Science Department. 7.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 8.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 9.\" are met: 10.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 11.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 12.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 13.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 14.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 15.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors 16.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software 17.\" without specific prior written permission. 18.\" 19.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 20.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 21.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 22.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 23.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 24.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 25.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 26.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 27.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 28.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 29.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 30.\" 31.\" from: @(#)cons.4 5.2 (Berkeley) 3/27/91 32.\" $NetBSD: console.4,v 1.7 2005/06/20 13:25:24 peter Exp $ 33.\" 34.Dd August 30, 1994 35.Dt CONSOLE 4 amiga 36.Os 37.Sh NAME 38.Nm console 39.Nd 40.Tn amiga 41console interface 42.Sh DESCRIPTION 43This release supports a 44.Dq virtual 45console device used for 46.Em kernel printf 47messages and accessed in user mode via 48.Pa /dev/console . 49It is virtual in the sense that it is attached to a hardware interface 50at boot time. 51Currently the choices are limited to: 52a bit-mapped display acting as an 53.Em internal terminal emulator 54.Dq Tn ITE , 55the builtin serial interface 56.Xr ser 4 , 57or a 58.Xr null 4 59console in that order. 60.Sh FILES 61.Bl -tag -width /dev/console 62.It Pa /dev/console 63.El 64.Sh SEE ALSO 65.Xr tty 4 , 66.Xr reboot 8 67.Sh HISTORY 68The 69.Nm 70device is 71.Ud 72.Sh BUGS 73You should be able to specify potential console devices at 74.Xr config 1 75time. 76