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.Dd October 7, 2001 .Dt WSCONS 9 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm wscons .Nd machine-independent console support .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm driver provides a machine-independent framework for workstation consoles. It consists of several cooperating modules: l -bullet t display adapters (see .Xr wsdisplay 9 ) t keyboards (see .Xr wskbd 9 ) t pointers and mice (see .Xr wsmouse 9 ) t input event multiplexor t font handling (see .Xr wsfont 9 ) t terminal emulation (see .Xr wsdisplay 9 ) .El
Copyright (c) 2001 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
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.Dd October 7, 2001 .Dt WSCONS 9 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm wscons .Nd machine-independent console support .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm driver provides a machine-independent framework for workstation consoles. It consists of several cooperating modules: l -bullet t display adapters (see .Xr wsdisplay 9 ) t keyboards (see .Xr wskbd 9 ) t pointers and mice (see .Xr wsmouse 9 ) t input event multiplexor t font handling (see .Xr wsfont 9 ) t terminal emulation (see .Xr wsdisplay 9 ) .El
p The wscons framework replaces the old rcons workstation framework and the various machine-dependent console implementations. .Sh CODE REFERENCES The wscons subsystem is implemented within the directory
a sys/dev/wscons . .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr wscons 4 , .Xr cons 9 , .Xr driver 9 , .Xr intro 9 , .Xr wsdisplay 9 , .Xr wsfont 9 , .Xr wskbd 9 , .Xr wsmouse 9
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