Bug 213386 - [patch] Handbook uses wrong FreeBSD versions for serial ports name change
Summary: [patch] Handbook uses wrong FreeBSD versions for serial ports name change
Status: Closed FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Documentation
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Books & Articles (show other bugs)
Version: Latest
Hardware: Any Any
: --- Affects Only Me
Assignee: freebsd-doc (Nobody)
URL:
Keywords: patch
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2016-10-11 17:54 UTC by Boris Samorodov
Modified: 2016-10-13 02:48 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Fix versions for serial ports mane change (818 bytes, patch)
2016-10-11 17:54 UTC, Boris Samorodov 		no flags Details | Diff
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Description Boris Samorodov freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2016-10-11 17:54:20 UTC 
Created attachment 175631 [details]
Fix versions for serial ports mane change

Currently The FreeBSD Handbook [25.2.1. Serial Cables and Ports] states:
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Call-out ports are named /dev/cuauN on FreeBSD versions 10.x and higher and /dev/cuadN on FreeBSD versions 9.x and lower.
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That is not correct. According to release notes the change happened at 8.0-RELEASE [2.2.2 Hardware Support]:
https://www.freebsd.org/releases/8.0R/relnotes-detailed.html
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[amd64, i386] The uart(4) driver is now the default driver for serial port devices in favor of the sio(4) driver. Note that the device nodes have been renamed from /dev/cuadN and /dev/ttydN to /dev/cuauN and /dev/ttyuN.
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A proposed patch is attached.
Comment 1 commit-hook freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2016-10-13 02:48:33 UTC 
A commit references this bug:

Author: wblock
Date: Thu Oct 13 02:48:24 UTC 2016
New revision: 49510
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/49510

Log:
  Correct versions where serial devices changed from cuad to cuau.

  PR:		213386
  Submitted by:	bsam

Changes:
  head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/serialcomms/chapter.xml
Comment 2 Warren Block freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2016-10-13 02:48:46 UTC 
Thank you!