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authorwollman <wollman@FreeBSD.org>1993-11-06 23:22:23 +0000
committerwollman <wollman@FreeBSD.org>1993-11-06 23:22:23 +0000
commit2257be3bc4f69f5381d754263f83d71eb15f3896 (patch)
treed54045dc7c9a209ba95a5c076c5d7b152bba2b33 /etc
parent0ec4b5ba38b8c5e1a22e891c461dd6ab2b81cd87 (diff)
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Added comment in the description of `com' devices that they are usually
not what users want unless they have re-configured their kernels. Hopefully some people will actually read this.
Diffstat (limited to 'etc')
-rw-r--r--etc/MAKEDEV8
-rw-r--r--etc/etc.i386/MAKEDEV8
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/etc/MAKEDEV b/etc/MAKEDEV
index 4a4b33c..4f531fe 100644
--- a/etc/MAKEDEV
+++ b/etc/MAKEDEV
@@ -46,9 +46,13 @@
# psm* PS/2 mouse
#
# Terminal ports:
-# com* standard PC COM ports (really makes tty* entries for com)
# sio* fast interrupt PC COM ports (really makes tty* entries for sio)
# tty* alias for sio ports, this is what the system really wants
+# com* standard PC COM ports (really makes tty* entries for com)
+# Note that the `com' driver is not configured in the
+# supplied kernels and is usually not what you want. In
+# a future release it may be completely desupported. Fair
+# warning.
#
# Pseudo terminals:
# pty* set of 16 master and slave pseudo terminals
@@ -67,7 +71,7 @@
# tw* xten power controller
# snd* various sound cards
#
-# $Id: MAKEDEV,v 1.13 1993/10/23 22:24:35 jkh Exp $
+# $Id: MAKEDEV,v 1.14 1993/10/28 09:59:27 rgrimes Exp $
#
PATH=/sbin:/bin/:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:
diff --git a/etc/etc.i386/MAKEDEV b/etc/etc.i386/MAKEDEV
index 4a4b33c..4f531fe 100644
--- a/etc/etc.i386/MAKEDEV
+++ b/etc/etc.i386/MAKEDEV
@@ -46,9 +46,13 @@
# psm* PS/2 mouse
#
# Terminal ports:
-# com* standard PC COM ports (really makes tty* entries for com)
# sio* fast interrupt PC COM ports (really makes tty* entries for sio)
# tty* alias for sio ports, this is what the system really wants
+# com* standard PC COM ports (really makes tty* entries for com)
+# Note that the `com' driver is not configured in the
+# supplied kernels and is usually not what you want. In
+# a future release it may be completely desupported. Fair
+# warning.
#
# Pseudo terminals:
# pty* set of 16 master and slave pseudo terminals
@@ -67,7 +71,7 @@
# tw* xten power controller
# snd* various sound cards
#
-# $Id: MAKEDEV,v 1.13 1993/10/23 22:24:35 jkh Exp $
+# $Id: MAKEDEV,v 1.14 1993/10/28 09:59:27 rgrimes Exp $
#
PATH=/sbin:/bin/:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:
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