From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 9 12:42:17 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5776A106566B; Wed, 9 Sep 2009 12:42:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sperber@deinprogramm.de) Received: from h615406.serverkompetenz.net (h615406.serverkompetenz.net [81.169.143.132]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0FC828FC12; Wed, 9 Sep 2009 12:42:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from h615406.serverkompetenz.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by h615406.serverkompetenz.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id D8A0E1701A; Wed, 9 Sep 2009 12:25:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from eta.local (p5B2071D5.dip.t-dialin.net [91.32.113.213]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by h615406.serverkompetenz.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id A578F17017; Wed, 9 Sep 2009 12:25:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: by eta.local (Postfix, from userid 2246) id DBF5E4CD5FE; Wed, 9 Sep 2009 14:25:50 +0200 (CEST) From: Michael Sperber To: Robert Watson References: <4A8EAE86.2000108@t-online.hu> <4A8ECB9C.2020909@quip.cz> Date: Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:25:50 +0200 In-Reply-To: (Robert Watson's message of "Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:32:11 +0100 (BST)") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) XEmacs/21.5-b29 (darwin) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP Cc: Mikael Bak , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Miroslav Lachman <000.fbsd@quip.cz> Subject: Re: Upgrade FreeBSD 7.1 to 7.2 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:42:17 -0000 Robert Watson writes: > FWIW, the main problem I ran into with my 8.0 upgrade is that 8.0 uses > the uart(4) driver for serial ports, and sio(4), 7.2's default, has > been removed. They require mutually exclusive lines in device.hints > and different /etc/ttys lines. If you rely on a serial console, I > would recommend first switching 7.2 to using uart, pausing for a bit, > and then switching forward to 8 so that you separate the risks > associated with changing console drivers from those associated with > sliding a major kernel version. Could you briefly elaborate on how that's done with 7.x? I.e. is changing device.hints and /etc/ttys enough (what changes?), or do I need to recompile the kernel? (I'm a bit confused because both uart and sio seem to be in GENERIC, but I haven't been able to active uart through device.hints. I couldn't find anything on freebsd.org or the internets, either.) A few hints would be much appreciated! -- Cheers =8-} Mike Friede, Völkerverständigung und überhaupt blabla