Subject: Re: [Fwd: WSCONS and Layout]
To: None <port-pmax@netbsd.org>
From: Toru Nishimura <locore32@gaea.ocn.ne.jp>
List: port-pmax
Date: 12/18/2002 19:05:21
Carsten Friede asked;

>> mknod <name> <type> <major> <minor> as in:
>>         mknod /dev/ttyE0 c 88 0
>> <type> is the first letter on the web line (all are 'c', for
>> 'character')
>> <maj>/<min> are the two numbers befoer the date
>> and <name> is the last word on each line.
>
> Good, the devices are made. But wsconscfg complain on startup that
> "Operation not supported by device". What's that? What do I have to do
> now?

I guess you want to have multiple (virtual) consoles at a time or change the
COLSxLINES of display at will.  Neither can NetBSD/pmax WSCONS
provide, like other non-VGA style displays.

Toru Nishimura/ALKYL Technology