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Date:      Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:08:04 +0800
From:      Fbsd1 <fbsd1@a1poweruser.com>
To:        Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: 8.0 release serial mouse not working
Message-ID:  <4B0E5384.2080304@a1poweruser.com>
In-Reply-To: <20091126082659.b12c831a.freebsd@edvax.de>
References:  <4B0DF955.50707@a1poweruser.com>	<20091126053651.e4ac2766.freebsd@edvax.de>	<4B0E1B00.2090408@a1poweruser.com>	<20091126072429.024f4eaa.freebsd@edvax.de>	<4B0E26DC.5030500@a1poweruser.com> <20091126082659.b12c831a.freebsd@edvax.de>

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Polytropon wrote:
> On Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:57:32 +0800, Fbsd1 <fbsd1@a1poweruser.com> wrote:
>>  From the 8.0 release notes is the following
>> http://www.freebsd.org/releases/8.0R/relnotes-detailed.html
>>
>> [amd64, i386] The uart(4) is now the default driver for serial port 
>> devices in favor of the sio(4) driver. Note that the device nodes have 
>> been renamed with /dev/cuauN and /dev/ttyuN.
>>
>> tested these rc.conf statements
>>
>> moused_port="/dev/cuau0"
>> moused_type="intellimouse"
>> moused_enable="YES"
>>
>> serial mouse works again
> 
> Can confirm.
> 
> 
> 
>> This means sysinstall mouse config needs to be changed to reflect the 
>> new dev names.
> 
> That's correct. The handbook sec. 2.10.10 and fig. 2-44 would
> need an update, too.
> 
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/install-post.html
> 
> 
> 

submitted PR
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=140887



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