From owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 21 22:22:16 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25EC21065670; Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:22:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from xcllnt@mac.com) Received: from asmtpout011.mac.com (asmtpout011.mac.com [17.148.16.86]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 079038FC17; Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:22:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from xcllnt@mac.com) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Received: from macbook-pro.jnpr.net (natint3.juniper.net [66.129.224.36]) by asmtp011.mac.com (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-6.03 (built Mar 14 2008; 32bit)) with ESMTPSA id <0K4D0037KKP37460@asmtp011.mac.com>; Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:22:16 -0700 (PDT) Sender: xcllnt@mac.com Message-id: From: Marcel Moolenaar To: John Baldwin In-reply-to: <200807211107.21345.jhb@freebsd.org> Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:22:15 -0700 References: <200807191908.m6JJ8bsq040646@repoman.freebsd.org> <200807211107.21345.jhb@freebsd.org> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.928.1) Cc: cvs-src@freebsd.org, Marcel Moolenaar , src-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc remote X-BeenThere: cvs-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the entire tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:22:16 -0000 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