From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 2 17:00:35 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-doc@hub.freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 584F716A4E0 for ; Wed, 2 Aug 2006 17:00:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DDFF543D49 for ; Wed, 2 Aug 2006 17:00:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k72H0WJY073247 for ; Wed, 2 Aug 2006 17:00:32 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id k72H0WbF073243; Wed, 2 Aug 2006 17:00:32 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 17:00:32 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <200608021700.k72H0WbF073243@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Jo Rhett Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D0D016A4DE for ; Wed, 2 Aug 2006 16:52:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (www.freebsd.org [216.136.204.117]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4DE3243D45 for ; Wed, 2 Aug 2006 16:52:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.freebsd.org (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id k72GqksQ005901 for ; Wed, 2 Aug 2006 16:52:46 GMT (envelope-from nobody@www.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by www.freebsd.org (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id k72GqkIl005899; Wed, 2 Aug 2006 16:52:46 GMT (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <200608021652.k72GqkIl005899@www.freebsd.org> Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 16:52:46 GMT From: Jo Rhett To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-2.3 Cc: Subject: docs/101271: serial console documentation implies kernel rebuild required -- doesn't mention device hints X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2006 17:00:35 -0000 >Number: 101271 >Category: docs >Synopsis: serial console documentation implies kernel rebuild required -- doesn't mention device hints >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Wed Aug 02 17:00:32 GMT 2006 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Jo Rhett >Release: 6.0-REL >Organization: svcolo >Environment: irrelevant >Description: The following page has sent me spinning down some irrelevant roads. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/serialconsole-setup.html In particular, you can control which serial port has the 0x10 flags from device hints. It's not clear to me if recompiling is required for the boot loader or not, but it's not required for the main console after high-level sio is enabled. I believe the page is simply out of date and needs to be updated for modern versions. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: Please 1. Update to indicate what can be handled with device hints instead of recompiling 2. Mention that sio ports are often assigned in the order presented, so sio0 isn't always 0x3f8 and thus you'll need to move the 0x10 flags. See i386/100831 >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: