>Number:         9345
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       wsconsctl(1) can't display the video hardware name
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    kern-bug-people (Kernel Bug People)
>State:          open
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Feb  3 13:57:00 2000
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Dave Sainty
>Organization:
Dynamic Technology Services and Products Ltd (NZ)
>Release:        Recent current
>Environment:
System: NetBSD tequila.dave.dtsp.co.nz 1.4P NetBSD 1.4P (TEQUILA) #1: Wed Jan 12 09:00:09 NZDT 2000 dave@tequila.dave.dtsp.co.nz:/vol/tequila/userB/u2/NetBSD-current/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/TEQUILA i386


>Description:
	If you happen to use a system that builds an XF86Config file
	automatically depending on the hardware attached to the machine and a
	single global template file, it is useful to be able to determine the
	video hardware in the machine (or, more specifically, attached to the
	tty the X server is to run on).

	scon(1) under pcvt had this functionality in a minimal form, it would
	be nice if wscons did too (instead of parsing the dmesg output).  More
	so as the number of video cards in the machines increases past 1!

>How-To-Repeat:
	wsconsctl -d name
	wsconsctl: name: not found

	Note: 'name' is a similar variable used under audioctl, but perhaps
	not quite right here (no "drivers" for video cards).  Audio eg:
	audioctl name
	name=ESS Solo-1

>Fix:
	Decide on an interface.

	Say: 
	wsconsctl -d hardware
	hardware=vga/pci/<vendor>/<product>/<revision>

	???
>Audit-Trail:
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