1.\" $NetBSD: rcons.4,v 1.3 2008/04/30 13:10:54 martin Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Copyright (c) 2001 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. 4.\" All rights reserved. 5.\" 6.\" This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation 7.\" by Gregory McGarry. 8.\" 9.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 10.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 11.\" are met: 12.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 13.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 14.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 15.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 16.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 17.\" 18.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. AND CONTRIBUTORS 19.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED 20.\" TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR 21.\" PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR CONTRIBUTORS 22.\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR 23.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF 24.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS 25.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN 26.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) 27.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE 28.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 29.\" 30.Dd September 21, 2001 31.Dt RCONS 4 32.Os 33.Sh NAME 34.Nm rcons 35.Nd raster console access 36.Sh SYNOPSIS 37.Cd options RASTERCONSOLE_FGCOL=n 38.Cd options RASTERCONSOLE_BGCOL=n 39.Cd options RCONS_2BPP 40.Cd options RCONS_4BPP 41.Cd options RCONS_16BPP 42.Ss pmax 43.Cd pseudo-device rasterconsole N 44.Sh DESCRIPTION 45The 46.Nm 47driver provides support for machine-independent access to the raster 48console. Use of the 49.Nm 50driver is deprecated in favour of the 51.Xr wscons 4 52machine-independent console driver. 53.Pp 54The 55.Nm 56driver provides simple raster and frame buffer routines. It's enough 57to implement a console terminal emulator on monochrome and 58pseudo-colour screens. 59.Sh SEE ALSO 60.Xr wscons 4 61