[src/trunk]: src/share/man/man4/man4.i386 Synchronize with reality. Fixes PR ...

[jhawk <jhawk%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

details:   https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/50d9e6e47483
branches:  trunk
changeset: 486097:50d9e6e47483
user:      jhawk <jhawk%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date:      Sat May 13 05:25:58 2000 +0000

description:
Synchronize with reality. Fixes PR 9233.

diffstat:

 share/man/man4/man4.i386/console.4 |  32 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 1 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diffs (54 lines):

diff -r fc09c6a5478d -r 50d9e6e47483 share/man/man4/man4.i386/console.4
--- a/share/man/man4/man4.i386/console.4        Sat May 13 05:25:20 2000 +0000
+++ b/share/man/man4/man4.i386/console.4        Sat May 13 05:25:58 2000 +0000
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-.\"    $NetBSD: console.4,v 1.2 1998/01/09 08:04:32 perry Exp $
+.\"    $NetBSD: console.4,v 1.3 2000/05/13 05:25:58 jhawk Exp $
 .\"
-.Dd September 30, 1997
+.Dd May 12, 2000
 .Os
 .Dt CONS 4 i386
 .Sh NAME
@@ -16,8 +16,28 @@
 .Pa /dev/console
 character special device in user mode.
 It is attached to a hardware interface at boot time controlled by options
-in the kernel configuration file or information passed by the boot loader.
-The current choices are:
+in the kernel configuration file, or information passed by the boot loader.
+.Pp
+Bootblocks from
+.Nx 1.4
+or newer select their console device from a compiled-in list,
+and then pass their choice of console device and console parameters to
+the kernel.
+.Pp
+As of
+.Nx 1.5 ,
+the
+.Ic consdev
+bootblock command allows changing the console device on-the-fly.
+.Pp
+The kernel will use the same console device as the
+bootblock; no special kernel configuration is required.  
+.Pp
+To override
+the bootblock's choice of console, or to use a serial kernel console
+with older bootblocks, you must specify kernel config-file options to
+override the information passed by the bootblock.
+The current option choices are:
 .Bl -tag -width aaa
 .It - the standard PC keyboard and display
 (with either the
@@ -76,7 +96,9 @@
 
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr tty 4 ,
-.Xr boot 8
+.Xr boot 8 ,
+.Xr boot_console 8 ,
+.Xr config 8 .
 
 .Sh BUGS
 The console device is chosen early in system startup regardless