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author | Hidetoshi Shimokawa <simokawa@FreeBSD.org> | 2003-10-28 01:31:50 +0000 |
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committer | Hidetoshi Shimokawa <simokawa@FreeBSD.org> | 2003-10-28 01:31:50 +0000 |
commit | efa60c7aa3034fb9755f763207be38849d584c70 (patch) | |
tree | cc38b29ea8f51677fb6cf95e3b8207a0e8958cff /share/man/man4/dcons.4 | |
parent | 57e1fa205b9cc20cda209e6c94421a8602d6955a (diff) | |
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I wrongly committed an older version.
Update references etc.
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diff --git a/share/man/man4/dcons.4 b/share/man/man4/dcons.4 index e89eeba6218c..2e4ad144494c 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/dcons.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/dcons.4 @@ -46,17 +46,13 @@ an allocated buffer for input and output respectivly. It is no use by itself and it is supposed that the buffer is accessed via a bus like .Xr FireWire 4 +or +.Xr kvm 3 for interaction. .Pp The buffer consists of 4 channels. There are 2 ports, one for console tty and other is GDB ports then each port has a input channel and a output channel. -The physical address of the buffer is sometimes neccesary to acess the buffer. -You can get the address by -.Xr sysctl 8 -or -.Xr dmesg 8 -. .Sh EXAMPLE If you want to run .Xr getty 8 @@ -71,38 +67,26 @@ using dcons "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" vt100 on secure .Ed .Pp -You can use either of the following commands to obtain physical -address of the buffer. -.Bd -literal -offset indent -% sysctl kern.dcons.paddr -kern.dcons.paddr: 4732704 -% dmesg | grep dcons: | tail -1 -dcons: virtual 0xc0483720 physical 0x483720 quad 0x120dc8 -.Ed -.Pp -In this example, the buffer is located at 4732704 in decimal -and 0x483720 in hex. -.Pp Once .Xr fwochi 4 device is initialized to allow physical access, the buffer can be accessed from another host via FireWire bus using -.Xr fwchat 8 +.Xr dconschat 8 application. See -.Xr fwchat 8 +.Xr dconschat 8 for more details. .Pp .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width indent -compact .It Pa /dev/dcons -.It Pa /dev/dconsctl .It Pa /etc/ttys .El .Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr dcons_crom 4 , .Xr ddb 4 , .Xr firewire 4 , .Xr fwohci 4 , -.Xr fwchat 8 , +.Xr dconschat 8 , .Xr fwcontrol 8 , .Xr ttys 5 .Sh AUTHORS |