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author | ed <ed@FreeBSD.org> | 2008-08-18 10:38:16 +0000 |
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committer | ed <ed@FreeBSD.org> | 2008-08-18 10:38:16 +0000 |
commit | 40a0c86b31dcc0410050f0368dedff24a642b85a (patch) | |
tree | 351db461727eb92f8e56f4d8b66d0b052d9baaa2 /UPDATING | |
parent | ed6b6f5b15f89880f98b06669f45b2b84d51b7ba (diff) | |
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Extend the message in UPDATING on the sio(4) -> uart(4) change.
It turns out I forgot to mention that people really need to make sure
their hints are up to date if they are updating a system through the
serial console.
Requested by: gavin
Reviewed by: gavin
Diffstat (limited to 'UPDATING')
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1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
@@ -33,6 +33,17 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 8.x IS SLOW: instead of "ttyd0". You may need to reconfigure applications to use the new device names. + When using the serial port as a boot console, be sure to update + /boot/device.hints and /etc/ttys before booting the new kernel. + If you forget to do so, you can still manually specify the hints + at the loader prompt: + + set hint.uart.0.at="isa" + set hint.uart.0.port="0x3F8" + set hint.uart.0.flags="0x10" + set hint.uart.0.irq="4" + boot -s + 20080609: The gpt(8) utility has been removed. Use gpart(8) to partition disks instead. |