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Date:      Wed, 28 Jun 2006 23:31:12 +0100 (BST)
From:      Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>
To:        User Freebsd <freebsd@hub.org>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: configuring sio1 for serial console ...
Message-ID:  <20060628233003.M78211@fledge.watson.org>
In-Reply-To: <20060628185711.K43909@ganymede.hub.org>
References:  <20060628185711.K43909@ganymede.hub.org>

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On Wed, 28 Jun 2006, User Freebsd wrote:

> Following hte instructions in the Handbook, I've added the following line to 
> my kernel config:
>
> device sio1 at isa? port IO_COM2 flags 0x10 irq 3
>
> but, when I try to build it:
>
> config: /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/kernel:71: syntax error
> *** Error code 1
>
> so, obviously that is wrong for 6.x? :(

Instead of changing your kernel config, edit the sio1 entries in 
/boot/device.hints.  (This assumes you left device sio in your kernel -- if 
not, you need to re-add it).

Robert N M Watson
Computer Laboratory
University of Cambridge



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