Console Subsystem

The console subsystem for the Solaris operating environment running on an IA based system has been replaced. The replacement is more compatible with the console subsystem for the Solaris operating environment running on a SPARC based system and provides for future extensibility. This replacement has invalidated 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 is no longer AT386; it is now sun-color.