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

To: Izumi Tsutsui <tsutsui%ceres.dti.ne.jp@localhost>
Subject: Re: [RFC] new APIs to use wskbd(4) input on non-wsdisplay tty devices
From: Thor Lancelot Simon <tls%panix.com@localhost>
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2024 09:13:17 -0400

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.

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