svn commit: r41085 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/serialcomms

[Dru Lavigne]

Author: dru
Date: Mon Mar  4 19:09:01 2013
New Revision: 41085
URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/41085

Log:
  Remove 7.x reference.
  
  Approved by: gjb (mentor)

Modified:
  head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/serialcomms/chapter.xml

Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/serialcomms/chapter.xml
==============================================================================
--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/serialcomms/chapter.xml	Mon Mar  4 17:38:57 2013	(r41084)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/serialcomms/chapter.xml	Mon Mar  4 19:09:01 2013	(r41085)
@@ -539,30 +539,9 @@
 	watch for messages while the kernel is booting, or use
 	<command>/sbin/dmesg</command> to replay the kernel's
 	boot messages.  Look for messages that start with the
-	characters <literal>uart</literal> for &os; 8.0 or
-	higher, or <literal>sio</literal> for &os; 7.4 or
-	older.</para>
-
-      <tip><para>To view just the messages that have the word
-	<literal>uart</literal> or <literal>sio</literal> depending
-	on the installed version of &os;, use the commands:</para>
-
-      <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>/sbin/dmesg | grep 'uart'</userinput>
-&prompt.root; <userinput>/sbin/dmesg | grep 'sio'</userinput></screen>
-      </tip>
-
-      <para>For example, on a &os; 7.<replaceable>X</replaceable>
-	system with four serial ports, these are the serial port
-	specific kernel boot messages:</para>
-
-      <screen>sio0 at 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 on isa
-sio0: type 16550A
-sio1 at 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on isa
-sio1: type 16550A
-sio2 at 0x3e8-0x3ef irq 5 on isa
-sio2: type 16550A
-sio3 at 0x2e8-0x2ef irq 9 on isa
-sio3: type 16550A</screen>
+	characters <literal>uart</literal>:</para>
+
+      <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>/sbin/dmesg | grep 'uart'</userinput></screen>
 
       <para>If the kernel does not recognize all of the serial
 	ports, configure <filename>/boot/device.hints</filename>.
@@ -570,12 +549,6 @@ sio3: type 16550A</screen>
 	remove lines for devices that do not exist on the
 	system.</para>
 
-      <para>Refer to &man.sio.4; for more information on
-	configuring serial ports and multiport boards.  When using a
-	configuration file that was previously used for a different
-	version of &os; be aware that the device flags and the syntax
-	may have changed between versions.</para>
-
       <note>
 	<para><literal>port IO_COM1</literal> is a substitution for
 	  <literal>port 0x3f8</literal>, <literal>IO_COM2</literal> is