> On Sun, Apr 14, 2019 at 11:31:33AM +0900, Jerome Pinot wrote: >> I'm curious to know what is the origin of the "w(s)" prefix we have >> on some OpenBSD specific places, like: >> - wscons >> -wsmoused >> - wskbd >> - wsrc >> - wobj >> etc >> >> It seems to be a quite old practice and common with other BSDs. >> Anybody has the history for this?
On 14/04/2019, Bryan Steele <bry...@gmail.com> wrote: > 'workstation console' at least sounds plausible. > https://www.netbsd.org/docs/guide/en/chap-cons.html ws for workstation is correct. However, wobj is the odd one out in that list, and it stands for write to /usr/obj: https://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq5.html#Miscellanea
