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authorbrueffer <brueffer@FreeBSD.org>2003-12-27 15:14:58 +0000
committerbrueffer <brueffer@FreeBSD.org>2003-12-27 15:14:58 +0000
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@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
-device is the simple console device which just reads from and writes to
+device is a simple console device which just reads from and writes to
an allocated buffer for input and output respectivly.
-It is no use by itself and it is supposed that the buffer is accessed
+It is of no use by itself and it is supposed that the buffer is accessed
via a bus like
.Xr firewire 4
or
@@ -51,12 +51,12 @@ or
for interaction.
.Pp
The buffer consists of 4 channels.
-There are 2 ports, one for console tty and other is GDB ports then each port
-has a input channel and a output channel.
+There are 2 ports, one for the console tty and other is GDB ports then each port
+has an input channel and an output channel.
.Sh EXAMPLE
If you want to run
.Xr getty 8
-on dcons, insert following line into
+on dcons, insert the following line into
.Xr /etc/ttys 5
and
send a HUP signal to
@@ -67,10 +67,10 @@ using
dcons "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" vt100 on secure
.Ed
.Pp
-Once
+Once the
.Xr fwochi 4
device is initialized to allow physical access,
-the buffer can be accessed from another host via FireWire bus using
+the buffer can be accessed from another host via a FireWire bus using the
.Xr dconschat 8
application. See
.Xr dconschat 8
@@ -86,9 +86,9 @@ for more details.
.Xr ddb 4 ,
.Xr firewire 4 ,
.Xr fwohci 4 ,
+.Xr ttys 5 ,
.Xr dconschat 8 ,
-.Xr fwcontrol 8 ,
-.Xr ttys 5
+.Xr fwcontrol 8
.Sh AUTHORS
.An Hidetoshi Shimokawa Aq simokawa@FreeBSD.org
.Sh BUGS
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