Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2013 19:09:01 +0000 (UTC) From: Dru Lavigne <dru@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r41085 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/serialcomms Message-ID: <201303041909.r24J918m069172@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: dru Date: Mon Mar 4 19:09:01 2013 New Revision: 41085 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/41085 Log: Remove 7.x reference. Approved by: gjb (mentor) Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/serialcomms/chapter.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/serialcomms/chapter.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/serialcomms/chapter.xml Mon Mar 4 17:38:57 2013 (r41084) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/serialcomms/chapter.xml Mon Mar 4 19:09:01 2013 (r41085) @@ -539,30 +539,9 @@ watch for messages while the kernel is booting, or use <command>/sbin/dmesg</command> to replay the kernel's boot messages. Look for messages that start with the - characters <literal>uart</literal> for &os; 8.0 or - higher, or <literal>sio</literal> for &os; 7.4 or - older.</para> - - <tip><para>To view just the messages that have the word - <literal>uart</literal> or <literal>sio</literal> depending - on the installed version of &os;, use the commands:</para> - - <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>/sbin/dmesg | grep 'uart'</userinput> -&prompt.root; <userinput>/sbin/dmesg | grep 'sio'</userinput></screen> - </tip> - - <para>For example, on a &os; 7.<replaceable>X</replaceable> - system with four serial ports, these are the serial port - specific kernel boot messages:</para> - - <screen>sio0 at 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 on isa -sio0: type 16550A -sio1 at 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on isa -sio1: type 16550A -sio2 at 0x3e8-0x3ef irq 5 on isa -sio2: type 16550A -sio3 at 0x2e8-0x2ef irq 9 on isa -sio3: type 16550A</screen> + characters <literal>uart</literal>:</para> + + <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>/sbin/dmesg | grep 'uart'</userinput></screen> <para>If the kernel does not recognize all of the serial ports, configure <filename>/boot/device.hints</filename>. @@ -570,12 +549,6 @@ sio3: type 16550A</screen> remove lines for devices that do not exist on the system.</para> - <para>Refer to &man.sio.4; for more information on - configuring serial ports and multiport boards. When using a - configuration file that was previously used for a different - version of &os; be aware that the device flags and the syntax - may have changed between versions.</para> - <note> <para><literal>port IO_COM1</literal> is a substitution for <literal>port 0x3f8</literal>, <literal>IO_COM2</literal> is
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