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. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software 16.\" must display the following acknowledgement: 17.\" This product includes software developed by the University of 18.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. 19.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors 20.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software 21.\" without specific prior written permission. 22.\" 23.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 24.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 25.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 26.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 27.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 28.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 29.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 30.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 31.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 32.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 33.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 34.\" 35.\" from: @(#)cons.4 5.2 (Berkeley) 3/27/91 36.\" $NetBSD: console.4,v 1.5 2002/01/15 01:24:23 wiz Exp $ 37.\" 38.Dd August 30, 1994 39.Dt CONSOLE 4 amiga 40.Os 41.Sh NAME 42.Nm console 43.Nd 44.Tn amiga 45console interface 46.Sh DESCRIPTION 47This release supports a 48.Dq virtual 49console device used for 50.Em kernel printf 51messages and accessed in user mode via 52.Pa /dev/console . 53It is virtual in the sense that it is attached to a hardware interface 54at boot time. 55Currently the choices are limited to: 56a bit-mapped display acting as an 57.Em internal terminal emulator 58.Dq Tn ITE , 59the builtin serial interface 60.Xr ser 4 , 61or a 62.Xr null 4 63console in that order. 64.Sh FILES 65.Bl -tag -width /dev/console 66.It Pa /dev/console 67.El 68.Sh SEE ALSO 69.Xr tty 4 , 70.Xr reboot 8 71.Sh HISTORY 72The 73.Nm 74device is 75.Ud 76.Sh BUGS 77You should be able to specify potential console devices at 78.Xr config 8 79time. 80