From owner-cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 20 20:35:13 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-src@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACAD716A4BF; Mon, 20 Oct 2003 20:35:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from kientzle.com (h-66-166-149-50.SNVACAID.covad.net [66.166.149.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F3C5343FD7; Mon, 20 Oct 2003 20:35:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kientzle@acm.org) Received: from acm.org ([66.166.149.54]) by kientzle.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h9L3ZBkX094573; Mon, 20 Oct 2003 20:35:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kientzle@acm.org) Message-ID: <3F94A96E.2040900@acm.org> From: Tim Kientzle User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20031006 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Warner Losh References: <200310210322.h9L3MnFk018807@repoman.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <200310210322.h9L3MnFk018807@repoman.freebsd.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org cc: src-committers@FreeBSD.org cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/share/man/man5 remote.5 X-BeenThere: cvs-src@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: kientzle@acm.org List-Id: CVS commit messages for the src tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 03:35:13 -0000 X-Original-Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 20:35:10 -0700 X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 03:35:13 -0000 Warner Losh wrote: > imp 2003/10/20 20:22:49 PDT > > FreeBSD src repository > > Modified files: > share/man/man5 remote.5 > Log: > baud rate and bit rate were horribly confused in this document. Baud > rate is how fast modems exchange symbols. Bit rate is how many bits > per second the serial port nominally communicates at. Try to use bit > rate consistently where that's what is ment. The default data rate is > now 9600 baud. 300 baud being default pre-dates 4.4-LITE1. Document > that tip doesn't respect the system default rate for a given channel. > > Sorry guys, but no ucbvax, kremvax or kgbvax added to the example. > > Noted by: bde > > Revision Changes Path > 1.14 +12 -5 src/share/man/man5/remote.5 > > Ironically, Warner, you have managed to confuse "baud rate" and "bit rate" in a commit message about correcting the confusion between "baud rate" and "bit rate." You do, of course, mean: "... default data rate is 9600 bps. 300 bps being default... " Basically, the word "baud" should never appear in any text relating to RS232 serial ports, unless you want to be descended upon by a flock of pedants. ;-) Tim