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.\" %sccs.include.redist.man% 8.\" 9.\" @(#)cons.4 5.2 (Berkeley) 03/27/91 10.\" 11.Dd 12.Dt CONS 4 hp300 13.Os 14.Sh NAME 15.Nm cons 16.Nd 17.Tn HP300 18console interface 19.Sh DESCRIPTION 20This release supports a 21.Dq virtual 22console device used for 23.Em kernel printf 24messages and accessed in user mode via 25.Pa /dev/console . 26It is virtual in the sense that it is attached to a hardware interface 27at boot time. 28Currently the choices are limited to: 29a bit-mapped display acting as an 30.Em internal terminal emulator 31.Dq Tn ITE , 32the builtin serial interface 33.Xr dca 4 , 34or a 35.Xr null 4 36console in that order. 37.Sh FILES 38.Bl -tag -width /dev/console 39.It Pa /dev/console 40.El 41.Sh SEE ALSO 42.Xr tty 4 , 43.Xr reboot 8 44.Sh HISTORY 45The 46.Nm 47device 48.Ud 49.Sh BUGS 50You should be able to specify potential console devices at 51.Xr config 8 52time. 53