Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 14:59:23 -0700 From: Marcel Moolenaar <xcllnt@mac.com> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: New-bus unit wiring via hints.. Message-ID: <622950DD-BFEF-450C-8B80-BAB55C7B58CB@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <200710111741.34992.jhb@FreeBSD.org> References: <200710111741.34992.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Oct 11, 2007, at 2:41 PM, John Baldwin wrote: > 2) One of the things this fixes that is visible to users is that if > your > machine gets the COM ports backwards when using ACPI it should > now get > them correct (COM1 as sio0) assuming your COM ports use the > default hints > and you have the default sio hints in your /boot/device.hints file. I think you just pointed out the problem of using hints to wire down unit numbers, because hints will stop hinting and will start dictating. If I swap the serial ports in the BIOS then surely my hints will be wrong and ACPI will be right. A default hints file will be even more disastrous than before. -- Marcel Moolenaar xcllnt@mac.com
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?622950DD-BFEF-450C-8B80-BAB55C7B58CB>