From owner-cvs-all Mon Feb 26 7:33:28 2001 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk (unknown [194.128.198.234]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 704B937B491; Mon, 26 Feb 2001 07:33:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nik@nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk) Received: (from nik@localhost) by nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f1QD8hG02873; Mon, 26 Feb 2001 13:08:43 GMT (envelope-from nik) Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 13:08:43 +0000 From: Nik Clayton To: Julian Elischer Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/conf majors Message-ID: <20010226130843.A2853@canyon.nothing-going-on.org> References: <200102260955.f1Q9t2m39414@freefall.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <200102260955.f1Q9t2m39414@freefall.freebsd.org>; from julian@FreeBSD.org on Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 01:55:02AM -0800 Organization: FreeBSD Project Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 01:55:02AM -0800, Julian Elischer wrote: > julian 2001/02/26 01:55:02 PST > > Modified files: > sys/conf majors > Log: > take major number 18 for the nmdm "nullmodem" back-to-back tty device. > Incredibally useful for debugging kernels using vmware. > Vmware com1 is diverted to one side, and gdb listens to the other side. > viola.. instant debugging sandbox on one system. I, and no doubt the DaemonNews folks, would be incredibly grateful if you could write up an article explaining how to do this. . . N -- Internet connection, $19.95 a month. Computer, $799.95. Modem, $149.95. Telephone line, $24.95 a month. Software, free. USENET transmission, hundreds if not thousands of dollars. Thinking before posting, priceless. Somethings in life you can't buy. For everything else, there's MasterCard. -- Graham Reed, in the Scary Devil Monastery To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message