Though dcons(4) is loaded as a modules by default in this port, I recommend you to link it to kernel statically for several reasons especially when used with gdb. On -current, thanks to multiple console device support(conscontrol(8)), we can use both syscons(4) and dcons(4) as console and DDB port at the same time. On -stable, because only one console device is allowed, we have to hijack the console port from syscons(4) to use dcons(4) as the console. (Define FORCE_CONSOLE to 1 in dcons.c for this.) Even it is not used as console, it can still be used as GDB(not DDB) port. See %%DOCSDIR%%/README.dcons and manpage of dcons(4) and fwchat(8) for details.