Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 21:40:22 GMT From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/84094: [PATCH] Serial Communication Doc Error Message-ID: <200507252140.j6PLeM6p066799@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/84094; it has been noted by GNATS. From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org, "Devon H. O'Dell" <dodell@offmyserver.com> Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/84094: [PATCH] Serial Communication Doc Error Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 17:37:46 -0400 On Monday 25 July 2005 04:57 pm, Devon H. O'Dell wrote: > >Description: > > The serial communications chapter of the handbook implies that setting up > boot messages to be output on the serial console can be quickly achieved by > inserting > > set console="comconsole" > > into /boot/loader.conf > > This is incorrect and will trigger a syntax error. Instead, the same line > should be inserted into /boot/loader.rc _or_ the ``set'' part should be > removed to give the equivilant for loader.conf(5) > > The attached patches contain a choice of corrections; I suppose it is up > to the doc team to decide which is more applicable. I would personally > prefer the loader.conf(5) one (the second patch) since changing loader.rc > generally seems to me to be a bad idea. Agreed. This sort of thing belongs in loader.conf. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.orghome | help
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