> Does the GENERIC kernel use wscons at all?

Yes, I think so.  At least the GENERIC config file from the
snapshot has the following lines which seems to indicate that it
uses wscons (it doesn't use pccons or pcvt, that's for sure...):

# ISA console.  You can only configure one of these!
#pc0    at isa? port 0x60 irq 1         # pccons generic PC console driver
#vt0    at isa? port 0x60 irq 1         # PCVT console driver
# ...
# wscons
pckbc0  at isa?                 # pc keyboard controller
pckbd*  at pckbc?               # PC keyboard
# "opms" should not be enabled together with "pms" or "pmsi"
#pms*           at pckbc?               # PS/2 mouse for wsmouse
#pmsi*          at pckbc?       # PS/2 "Intelli"mouse for wsmouse
opms*           at pckbc?               # backwards compatible PS/2 mouse
vga0            at isa?
vga*            at pci?
pcdisplay0      at isa?                 # CGA, MDA, EGA, HGA
wsdisplay*      at vga? console ?
wsdisplay*      at pcdisplay? console ?
wskbd*  at pckbd? console ?
#wsmouse*       at pms?
#wsmouse*       at pmsi?

- H=E5vard