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Matthias Drochner. All rights reserved.

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.Dd March 20, 1999 .Dt PCDISPLAY 4 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm pcdisplay .Nd PC display adapter driver for wscons .Sh SYNOPSIS .Cd options PCDISPLAY_SOFTCURSOR

p .Cd "pcdisplay0 at isa?" .Cd "wsdisplay* at pcdisplay? console ?" .Sh DESCRIPTION This driver supports PC display adapter hardware within the .Xr wscons 4 console framework. It doesn't provide direct device driver entry points but makes its functions available via the internal .Xr wsdisplay 4 interface.

p The .Nm driver is intended as a minimal .Dq catch-all driver for the different kinds of .Tn MDA or .Tn CGA compatible adapters. It doesn't support multiple screens, nor colors or font loading.

p Supported kernel option(s): l -tag -width xxxx t Cd options PCDISPLAY_SOFTCURSOR Use a large, non-blinking cursor generated by software. The default is to use the cursor provided by the underlying display hardware. .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr isa 4 , .Xr vga 4 , .Xr wscons 4