cvs commit: src/etc remote

[Marcel Moolenaar]

On Jul 21, 2008, at 8:07 AM, John Baldwin wrote:

> On Saturday 19 July 2008 03:08:22 pm Marcel Moolenaar wrote:
>> marcel      2008-07-19 19:08:22 UTC
>>
>>  FreeBSD src repository
>>
>>  Modified files:
>>    etc                  remote
>>  Log:
>>  SVN rev 180615 on 2008-07-19 19:08:22Z by marcel
>>
>>  With uart(4) default, change /dev/cuad# to /dev/cuau# so that
>>  out-of-the-box FreeBSD is consistent.  Add uart[0-7] as a
>>  fingerfriendly shortcut alongside sio[0-7] and com[1-8].
>
> Perhaps the sioX aliases should either be removed or still
> reference /dev/cuadX?  Having them reference the uart(4) devices  
> might be
> confusing.

I was mostly thinking in terms of backward compatibility.
sioX will map to a working port now. I can certainly remove
sioX from the aliases, but that may break existing setups.
I don't know if adding sioX aliases for /dev/cuadX is useful.
I think sioX should either not exist or be an useful alias.

Thoughts?

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Marcel Moolenaar
xcllnt at mac.com