Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:32:07 -0400 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: Marcel Moolenaar <xcllnt@mac.com> Cc: cvs-src@freebsd.org, Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@freebsd.org>, src-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc remote Message-ID: <200807211732.07938.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <D31E0D79-31C8-41D2-A5EB-25F385AE310B@mac.com> References: <200807191908.m6JJ8bsq040646@repoman.freebsd.org> <200807211107.21345.jhb@freebsd.org> <D31E0D79-31C8-41D2-A5EB-25F385AE310B@mac.com>
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On Monday 21 July 2008 05:22:15 pm Marcel Moolenaar wrote: > > On Jul 21, 2008, at 8:07 AM, John Baldwin wrote: > > > On Saturday 19 July 2008 03:08:22 pm Marcel Moolenaar wrote: > >> marcel 2008-07-19 19:08:22 UTC > >> > >> FreeBSD src repository > >> > >> Modified files: > >> etc remote > >> Log: > >> SVN rev 180615 on 2008-07-19 19:08:22Z by marcel > >> > >> With uart(4) default, change /dev/cuad# to /dev/cuau# so that > >> out-of-the-box FreeBSD is consistent. Add uart[0-7] as a > >> fingerfriendly shortcut alongside sio[0-7] and com[1-8]. > > > > Perhaps the sioX aliases should either be removed or still > > reference /dev/cuadX? Having them reference the uart(4) devices > > might be > > confusing. > > I was mostly thinking in terms of backward compatibility. > sioX will map to a working port now. I can certainly remove > sioX from the aliases, but that may break existing setups. > I don't know if adding sioX aliases for /dev/cuadX is useful. > I think sioX should either not exist or be an useful alias. > > Thoughts? I would just remove them. I'm not sure how often they are really used since they are specific to a driver name as opposed to COM1/COM2 which some boxes have as labels on the case for the physical ports. -- John Baldwin
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