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From: Bill Grunfelder <wjgrun@cyberwar.com>
Subject: Re: docs/12343: make.conf documentation error COM2 (low
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The following reply was made to PR docs/12343; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Bill Grunfelder <wjgrun@cyberwar.com>
To: cjclark@home.com
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: docs/12343: make.conf documentation error COM2 (low
  priority)
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 08:45:02 -0400

 This is the line I am questioning:
 # a serial port as our console at all.  (0x3E8 = COM2)
 
 it says that COM2 is 0x3E8  --  which is wrong.
 
 Bill
 At 11:49 PM 6/22/99 -0400, you 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.
 >--
 >Crist J. Clark                           cjclark@home.com
 
 


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