Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:33:58 -0700 From: Marcel Moolenaar <xcllnt@mac.com> To: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> 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: <11F2943E-37CE-4A02-BCF0-281D8FC0DCB4@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <200807211732.07938.jhb@freebsd.org> References: <200807191908.m6JJ8bsq040646@repoman.freebsd.org> <200807211107.21345.jhb@freebsd.org> <D31E0D79-31C8-41D2-A5EB-25F385AE310B@mac.com> <200807211732.07938.jhb@freebsd.org>
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On Jul 21, 2008, at 2:32 PM, John Baldwin wrote: > 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. Ok, will do. -- Marcel Moolenaar xcllnt@mac.com
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