Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:09:30 GMT From: Joe Barbish <fbsd1@a1poweruser.com> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: i386/140887: 8.0 sysinstall needs to update to new serial port name Message-ID: <200911260709.nAQ79UfD096237@www.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200911260710.nAQ7A1Kt022452@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 140887 >Category: i386 >Synopsis: 8.0 sysinstall needs to update to new serial port name >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: high >Responsible: freebsd-i386 >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Thu Nov 26 07:10:01 UTC 2009 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Joe Barbish >Release: 8.0 release >Organization: n/a >Environment: >Description: The full release notes at http://www.freebsd.org/releases/8.0R/relnotes-detailed.html say the following [amd64, i386] The uart(4) is now the default driver for serial port devices in favor of the sio(4) driver. Note that the device nodes have been renamed with /dev/cuauN and /dev/ttyuN. The sysinstall menu that configures the mouse has not been changed to reflect the new device names created by this change. Maybe the /dev/ttyuN also needs updating somewhere in sysinstall also. >How-To-Repeat: plug in a serial mouse and use sysinstall to post statements in rc.conf. mouse will not work >Fix: make change to sysinstall mouse configure menu >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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