Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:22:15 -0700 From: Marcel Moolenaar <xcllnt@mac.com> To: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> Cc: cvs-src@freebsd.org, Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@freebsd.org>, src-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc remote Message-ID: <D31E0D79-31C8-41D2-A5EB-25F385AE310B@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <200807211107.21345.jhb@freebsd.org> References: <200807191908.m6JJ8bsq040646@repoman.freebsd.org> <200807211107.21345.jhb@freebsd.org>
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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? -- Marcel Moolenaar xcllnt@mac.com
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