Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:27:57 GMT From: Joe Barbish <fbsd1@a1poweruser.com> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/140918: update 8.0 handbook about serial port /dev node name change Message-ID: <200911270127.nAR1RvYs024315@www.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200911270130.nAR1U3k4044368@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 140918 >Category: docs >Synopsis: update 8.0 handbook about serial port /dev node name change >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Fri Nov 27 01:30:03 UTC 2009 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Joe Barbish >Release: 8.0 release >Organization: n/a >Environment: >Description: The 8.0 handbook has to be updated to reflect new serial port names. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/install-post.html shows the sysinstall menu for configuring the mouse. Mouse dev name has changed in 8.0. >From the 8.0 release notes is the following http://www.freebsd.org/releases/8.0R/relnotes-detailed.html [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. >How-To-Repeat: Just read the 8.0 handbook about config mouse and you will see 7.2 /dev node names shown >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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