console(7d) [sunos man page]

console(7D)							      Devices							       console(7D)

NAME

       console - STREAMS-based console interface

SYNOPSIS

       /dev/console

DESCRIPTION

       The  file  /dev/console refers to the system console device. /dev/console should be used for interactive purposes only. Use of /dev/console
       for logging purposes is discouraged; syslog(3C) or msglog(7D) should be used instead.

       The identity of this device depends on the EEPROM or NVRAM settings in effect at the most recent system	reboot;  by  default,  it  is  the
       ``workstation  console'' device consisting of the workstation keyboard and frame buffer acting in concert to emulate an ASCII terminal (see
       wscons(7D)).

       Regardless of the system configuration, the console device provides  asynchronous serial driver semantics so that, in conjunction with  the
       STREAMS line discipline module ldterm(7M), it supports the termio(7I) terminal interface.

SEE ALSO

       syslog(3C), termios(3C), ldterm(7M), termio(7I), msglog(7D), wscons(7D)

NOTES

       In  contrast  to  pre-SunOS 5.0 releases, it is no longer possible to redirect I/O intended for /dev/console to some other device. Instead,
       redirection now applies to the workstation console device using a revised programming interface (see wscons(7D)). Since the system  console
       is normally configured to be the work station console, the overall effect is largely unchanged from previous releases.

       See  wscons(7D)	for  detailed  descriptions  of  control  sequence  syntax, ANSI control functions, control character functions and escape
       sequence functions.

SunOS 5.10							    23 Apr 1999 						       console(7D)

WSKBD(4)						   BSD Kernel Interfaces Manual 						  WSKBD(4)

NAME

     wskbd -- generic keyboard support in wscons

SYNOPSIS

     wskbd* at pckbd? console ? mux 1
     (standard PC keyboard)
     wskbd* at ukbd? console ? mux 1
     (USB keyboard)
     wskbd* at lkkbd? console ? mux 1
     (DEC LK200/400 serial keyboard)
     wskbd0 at akbd? console ? mux 1
     (Apple ADB keyboard)
     wskbd0 at nextkbd? console ? mux 1
     (NeXT keyboard)
     wskbd* at vrkiu? console ? mux 1
     (NEC VR4000 series HPC keyboard)
     wskbd* at skbd? console ? mux 1
     (keyboard of misc hpcmips handheld devices)
     wskbd* at btkbd? console ? mux 1
     (Bluetooth keyboard)

DESCRIPTION

     The wskbd driver handles common tasks for keyboards within the wscons(4) framework.  It is attached to the hardware specific keyboard drivers
     and provides their connection to ``wsdisplay'' devices and a character device interface.

     The common keyboard support consists of:

     o	 Mapping from keycodes (defined by the specific keyboard driver) to keysyms (hardware independent, defined in
	 /usr/include/dev/wscons/wsksymdef.h).

     o	 Handling of ``compose'' sequences.  Characters commonly not present as separate key on keyboards can be generated after either a special
	 ``compose'' key is pressed or a ``dead accent'' character is used.

     o	 Certain translations, like turning an ``ALT'' modifier into an ``ESC'' prefix.

     o	 Automatic key repetition (``typematic'').

     o	 Parameter handling for ``keyboard bells''.

     o	 Generation of ``keyboard events'' for use by X servers.

     The wskbd driver provides a number of ioctl functions to control key maps and other parameters.  These functions are accessible though the
     associated ``wsdisplay'' device as well.  A complete list is in /usr/include/dev/wscons/wsconsio.h.  The wsconsctl(8) utility allows to
     access key maps and other variables.

     The console locator in the configuration line refers to the device's use as input part of the operating system console.  A device specifica-
     tion containing a positive value here will only match if the device is in use as system console.  (The console device selection in early sys-
     tem startup is not influenced.)  This way, the console device can be connected to a known wskbd device instance.

   Ioctls
     The following ioctl(2) calls are provided by the wskbd driver or by devices which use it.	Their definitions are found in
     dev/wscons/wsconsio.h.

     WSKBDIO_GTYPE
		   Get the keyboard type.

     WSKBDIO_COMPLEXBELL, WSKBDIO_SETBELL, WSKBDIO_GETBELL, WSKBDIO_SETDEFAULTBELL, WSKBDIO_GETDEFAULTBELL (struct wsmouse_repeat)
		   Get and set keyboard bell settings.

     WSKBDIO_SETKEYREPEAT, WSKBDIO_GETKEYREPEAT, WSKBDIO_SETDEFAULTKEYREPEAT, WSKBDIO_GETDEFAULTKEYREPEAT (struct wskbd_keyrepeat_data)
		   Get and set keyboard autorepeat settings.

     WSKBDIO_SETLEDS, WSKBDIO_GETLEDS (int)
		   Get and set keyboard LED settings.

     WSKBDIO_GETMAP, WSKBDIO_SETMAP (struct wskbd_map_data)
		   Get and set keyboard keymapping settings.

     WSKBDIO_GETENCODING, WSKBDIO_SETENCODING (kbd_t)
		   Get and set keyboard encoding settings.

     WSKBDIO_GETKEYCLICK, WSKBDIO_SETKEYCLICK (int)
		   Get and set keyboard keyclick settings.

     WSKBDIO_SETVERSION (int)
		   Set the wscons_event protocol version.  The default is 0 for binary compatibility.  The latest version is always available as
		   WSKBD_EVENT_VERSION, and is currently 1.  All new code should use a call similar to the below to ensure the correct version is
		   returned.

			 int ver = WSKBD_EVENT_VERSION;
			 if (ioctl(fd, WSKBDIO_SETVERSION, &ver) == -1)
			     err(EXIT_FAILURE, "cannot set version");

FILES

     /dev/wskbd*

     /usr/include/dev/wscons/wsksymdef.h

     /usr/include/dev/wscons/wsconsio.h.

SEE ALSO

     btkbd(4), pckbd(4), ukbd(4), wscons(4), wsmux(4), wsconsctl(8), wskbd(9)

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