Subject: Re: pstat -t
To: matthew green <mrg@eterna.com.au>
From: Chris G Demetriou <Chris_G_Demetriou@ux2.sp.cs.cmu.edu>
List: current-users
Date: 06/19/1996 13:53:01
>    should pstat -t track the console?
> 
> as the console is a MD allocated thing, it is up to the relevant
> console initialisation code to do the tty_attach() call.
> 
> the sparc port does this.  pstat -t on my machine gives:
> 
> 34 terminal devices
>   LINE  RAW  CAN  OUT  HWT LWT    COL STATE      SESS  PGID DISC
> ttya      0    0    0 2080 256     34 OC            0     0 ppp
> ttyb      0    0    0 1248 256      0 -             0     0 term
> console   0    0    0 1248 256     58 OC       6d8f60   183 term
> ttyp0     0    0    0 1248 256      0 OC            0     0 term
> [ ... ]
> on my IPX where ttya is really the console, i don't have a line
> for ttya and console -- just console.

Also, note that on most ports, the console will _not_ be called
'console,' it'll be called by the name of the real device.


cgd