1.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991, 1993 2.\" The Regents of the University of California. 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.\" 8.\" %sccs.include.redist.man% 9.\" 10.\" @(#)cons.4 8.1 (Berkeley) 06/09/93 11.\" 12.Dd 13.Dt CONS 4 hp300 14.Os 15.Sh NAME 16.Nm cons 17.Nd 18.Tn HP300 19console interface 20.Sh DESCRIPTION 21This release supports a 22.Dq virtual 23console device used for 24.Em kernel printf 25messages and accessed in user mode via 26.Pa /dev/console . 27It is virtual in the sense that it is attached to a hardware interface 28at boot time. 29Currently the choices are limited to: 30a bit-mapped display acting as an 31.Em internal terminal emulator 32.Dq Tn ITE , 33the builtin serial interface 34.Xr dca 4 , 35or a 36.Xr null 4 37console in that order. 38.Sh FILES 39.Bl -tag -width /dev/console 40.It Pa /dev/console 41.El 42.Sh SEE ALSO 43.Xr tty 4 , 44.Xr reboot 8 45.Sh BUGS 46You should be able to specify potential console devices at 47.Xr config 8 48time. 49