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Date:      Wed, 19 Jan 2011 08:14:19 -0500
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>
To:        Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Loading uart module fails
Message-ID:  <201101190814.19810.jhb@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <20110119100810.000026b2@unknown>
References:  <20110109140215.000011b8@unknown> <201101181125.38198.jhb@freebsd.org> <20110119100810.000026b2@unknown>

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On Wednesday, January 19, 2011 5:08:10 am Bruce Cran wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Jan 2011 11:25:38 -0500
> John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> wrote:
> 
> > Oh, the uart[01] devices already exist.  I suspect if you removed the
> > hints from /boot/device.hints and then kldloaded uart you would be
> > ok.  I think this is an "old" bug that might also be in 8.x.
> 
> I'm running -CURRENT from a couple of weeks ago so it if it's an old
> bug it apparently hasn't been fixed yet.

Yes, I don't think it is fixed, and I think 8.x is likely broken in this 
regard as well.  Can you verify that removing the hints "fixes" the issue?

-- 
John Baldwin



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