x86 only: Console Subsystem

The console subsystem for the Solaris operating environment running on an x86 based system may be replaced in a future release. The replacement may be more compatible with one for the Solaris operating environment running on a SPARC based system and therefore provides for future extensibility. This may invalidate a large number of undocumented and unsupported interfaces, as well as some documented interfaces.

Documented interfaces:

• pcmapkeys(1)

• loadfont(1)

• loadfont(4)

Undocumented and unsupported interfaces:

• ioctls listed in /usr/include/sys/kd.h

• ioctls listed in /usr/include/sys/vt.h

• VT support

• /dev/vt*

• The terminal type for the console will no longer be AT386