Re: [RFC] new APIs to use wskbd(4) input on non-wsdisplay tty devices

Thor Lancelot Simon <[email protected]> Fri, 12 Apr 2024 09:13:17 -0400

Newsgroups	gmane.os.netbsd.ports.news68k,gmane.os.netbsd.devel.kernel
Message-ID	<[email protected]>

On Sat, Apr 06, 2024 at 11:56:27PM +0900, Izumi Tsutsui wrote:
> 
> I'd like to add new APIs to use wskbd(4) input on non-wsdisplay
> tty devices, especially news68k that can use a putchar function
> provided by firmware PROM as a kernel console device.

Wouldn't a tty be a better abstraction for this? Lots of minicomputers
had incredibly dumb serial consoles.