Console Subsystem

The console subsystem for the Solaris operating environment that runs on an IA based system has been replaced. The replacement is more compatible with the console subsystem for the Solaris operating environment that runs on a SPARC based system and provides for future extensibility. This replacement has invalidated undocumented and unsupported interfaces, as well as some documented interfaces.

Documented interfaces include the following.

• pcmapkeys(1)

• loadfont(1)

• loadfont(4)

Undocumented and unsupported interfaces include the following.

• 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, but sun-color.