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From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>
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Subject: Re: docs/12343: make.conf documentation error COM2 (low priority)
In-Reply-To: <199906230350.UAA93013@freefall.freebsd.org> from "Crist J. Clark" at "Jun 22, 99 08:50:02 pm"
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Crist J. Clark wrote,
> The following reply was made to PR docs/12343; it has been noted by GNATS.
> 
> From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>
> To: wjgrun@dippy.cyberwar.com
> Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: Re: docs/12343: make.conf documentation error COM2 (low priority)
> Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 23:49:38 -0400 (EDT)
> 
>  Bill Grunfelder wrote,
>  > 
>  > >Number:         12343
>  > >Category:       docs
>  > >Synopsis:       make.conf error in documentation (COM2)
>  > >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:   Tue Jun 22 08:30:01 PDT 1999
>  > >Closed-Date:
>  > >Last-Modified:
>  > >Originator:     Bill Grunfelder
>  > >Release:        FreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT i386
>  > >Organization:
>  > >Environment:
>  > 
>  > relevant lines from /etc/make.conf shown below:
>  > # By default we use COM1 as our serial console port *if* we're going to use
>  > # a serial port as our console at all.  (0x3E8 = COM2)
>  > #
>  > #BOOT_COMCONSOLE_PORT=  0x3F8
>  > 
>  > >Description:
>  > 
>  >   0x3E8 is not COM2 ... 0x2F8
>  
>  COM1 = sio0 = 0x3f8
>  COM2 = sio1 = 0x2f8
>  COM3 = sio2 = 0x3e8
>  
>  I believe make.conf is correct.

Ignore that. Sorry, I meant to say that the '0x3e8' might be correct
if the author original author actually meant sio2 and not
COM2. However, it is unlikely that that is what he meant.
-- 
Crist J. Clark                           cjclark@home.com


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