This might be bikeshedding, but would it make sense to change the
maximum allowed ttys, on commodity architectures like i386/amd64 at
least, to 12?
In order to use all 12 function keys to switch between 12 ttys on my
laptop I need to do the following steps:
1) Add new ttys to /etc/ttys
2) Make a custom kernel with the option WSDISPLAY_DEFAULTSCREENS=12
3) Make four new device nodes in /etc with MAKEDEV
4) cd /usr/src/sys/dev/wscons and change WSDISPLAY_MAXSCREEN to 12 in
wskbd.c
5) Add these lines to wsksymdef.h after KS_Cmd_Screen9:
#define KS_Cmd_Screen10 0xf40a
#define KS_Cmd_Screen11 0xf40b
6) Add these lines to wskbd.c after case KS_Cmd_Screen9:
case KS_Cmd_Screen10:
case KS_Cmd_Screen11:
7) Change /usr/src/sys/dev/hid/hidkbdmap.c so that it reads:
KC(68), KS_Cmd_Screen10, KS_f11,
KC(69), KS_Cmd_Screen11, KS_f12,
8) Change /usr/src/sys/dev/pckbport/wskbmap_mfii.c so that it reads:
KC(87), KS_Cmd_Screen10, KS_f11,
KC(88), KS_Cmd_Screen11, KS_f12,
9) Recompile the kernel and check that the above changes work
10) Recompile userland so that wsconsctl etc works properly
I don't mind that NetBSD has four active ttys by default, but the steps
to enable all 12 seems unnecessarily tedious. I realize that not all
architectures have 12 function keys, but laptops usually do. If the
kernel supported a maximum of 12 ttys on popular architectures,
enabling then would only require steps 1 and 2.
Of course, it is just a suggestion. Keep up the good work, I am very
impressed with the release candidate for NetBSD 10!
Regards, Dan-Simon Myrland
