1.\" $NetBSD: cons.4,v 1.8 2005/06/20 13:25:24 peter Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991, 1993 4.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. 5.\" 6.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by 7.\" the Systems Programming Group of the University of Utah Computer 8.\" Science Department. 9.\" 10.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 11.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 12.\" are met: 13.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 14.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 15.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 16.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 17.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 18.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors 19.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software 20.\" without specific prior written permission. 21.\" 22.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 23.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 24.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 25.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 26.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 27.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 28.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 29.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 30.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 31.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 32.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 33.\" 34.\" from: @(#)cons.4 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/9/93 35.\" 36.Dd November 15, 2003 37.Dt CONS 4 hp300 38.Os 39.Sh NAME 40.Nm cons 41.Nd 42.Tn HP300 43console interface 44.Sh DESCRIPTION 45This release supports a 46.Dq virtual 47console device used for 48.Em kernel printf 49messages and accessed in user mode via 50.Pa /dev/console . 51It is virtual in the sense that it is attached to a hardware interface 52at boot time. 53Currently the choices are limited to: 54a bit-mapped display acting as an 55.Em internal terminal emulator 56.Dq Tn ITE , 57the builtin serial interface 58.Xr com 4 , 59or a 60.Xr null 4 61console in that order. 62.Sh FILES 63.Bl -tag -width /dev/console 64.It Pa /dev/console 65.El 66.Sh SEE ALSO 67.Xr com 4 , 68.Xr tty 4 , 69.Xr reboot 8 70.Sh BUGS 71You should be able to specify potential console devices at 72.Xr config 1 73time. 74