docs/123430: [patch] Fix <devicename> Tags for COM1 in Handbook Chapter 24

Gabor PALI pgj at FreeBSD.org
Mon May 5 18:40:04 UTC 2008


>Number:         123430
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       [patch] Fix <devicename> Tags for COM1 in Handbook Chapter 24
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Mon May 05 18:40:03 UTC 2008
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Gabor PALI
>Release:        FreeBSD 6.3-STABLE i386
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD disznohal 6.3-STABLE FreeBSD 6.3-STABLE #4: Fri Apr 4 23:29:43 CEST 2008 dezzy at disznohal:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC_ i386

>Description:
	I found some <devicename> tags for COM1 port is missing
	or written as <quote> in the FreeBSD Handbook, Chapter 24
	(``Serial Communications''). I think they should be marked up
	as <devicename>, so I created a patch to address this.	


>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:

--- serialcomms.patch.7.diff begins here ---
Index: chapter.sgml
===================================================================
RCS file: /doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/serialcomms/chapter.sgml,v
retrieving revision 1.120
diff -u -r1.120 chapter.sgml
--- chapter.sgml	28 Dec 2007 11:11:43 -0000	1.120
+++ chapter.sgml	5 May 2008 04:50:52 -0000
@@ -771,7 +771,7 @@
 	  <para>Note that device numbers in &os; start from zero and not
 	    one (like they do, for instance in &ms-dos;-derived systems).
 	    This means that what &ms-dos;-based systems
-	    call <quote>COM1</quote> is
+	    call <devicename>COM1</devicename> is
 	    usually <filename>/dev/cuad0</filename> in &os;.</para>
 	</note>
 
@@ -2137,7 +2137,7 @@
       <procedure>
 
 	<step>
-	  <para>Connect the serial cable to COM1 and the controlling
+	  <para>Connect the serial cable to <devicename>COM1</devicename> and the controlling
 	    terminal.</para>
 	</step>
 
--- serialcomms.patch.7.diff ends here ---


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