From owner-cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 22 04:25:31 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-src@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EBDF1106568C; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 04:25:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from xcllnt@mac.com) Received: from asmtpout020.mac.com (asmtpout020.mac.com [17.148.16.95]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3DCD8FC12; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 04:25:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from xcllnt@mac.com) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Received: from [172.24.24.230] (natint3.juniper.net [66.129.224.36]) by asmtp020.mac.com (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-6.03 (built Mar 14 2008; 32bit)) with ESMTPSA id <0K4D008WJO0NLE76@asmtp020.mac.com>; Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:34:01 -0700 (PDT) Sender: xcllnt@mac.com Message-id: <11F2943E-37CE-4A02-BCF0-281D8FC0DCB4@mac.com> From: Marcel Moolenaar To: John Baldwin In-reply-to: <200807211732.07938.jhb@freebsd.org> Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:33:58 -0700 References: <200807191908.m6JJ8bsq040646@repoman.freebsd.org> <200807211107.21345.jhb@freebsd.org> <200807211732.07938.jhb@freebsd.org> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.928.1) Cc: cvs-src@freebsd.org, Marcel Moolenaar , src-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc remote X-BeenThere: cvs-src@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the src tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 04:25:32 -0000 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