pgs(4)

pgs4

Programmer's switch

Usage

pgs* at macgpio?

Overview

The pgs driver provides support for the "Programmer's Switch" found on selected PowerMac2,1 and newer models. If the ddb.console sysctl(8) is set, pressing the button will cause the machine to enter ddb(4). The "Programmers Switch" can be identified by the V-like symbol on it.

History

Support for the pgs driver first appeared in OpenBSD 4.8.

Authors

The pgs driver was written by Jasper Lievisse Adriaanse ⟨[email protected]⟩.

From man 8.0-current-20261101 in OpenBSD 8.0-current (2026-11-01). Parsed by carta from the page's mdoc source.