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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:
.Bl -bullet
.It
display adapters (see
.Xr wsdisplay 9 )
.It
keyboards (see
.Xr wskbd 9 )
.It
pointers and mice (see
.Xr wsmouse 9 )
.It
input event multiplexor
.It
font handling (see
.Xr wsfont 9 )
.It
terminal emulation (see
.Xr wsdisplay 9 )
.El
.Pp
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
.Pa 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