Robert Watson <rwat...@freebsd.org> writes: > FWIW, the main problem I ran into with my 8.0 upgrade is that 8.0 uses > the uart(4) driver for serial ports, and sio(4), 7.2's default, has > been removed. They require mutually exclusive lines in device.hints > and different /etc/ttys lines. If you rely on a serial console, I > would recommend first switching 7.2 to using uart, pausing for a bit, > and then switching forward to 8 so that you separate the risks > associated with changing console drivers from those associated with > sliding a major kernel version.
Could you briefly elaborate on how that's done with 7.x? I.e. is changing device.hints and /etc/ttys enough (what changes?), or do I need to recompile the kernel? (I'm a bit confused because both uart and sio seem to be in GENERIC, but I haven't been able to active uart through device.hints. I couldn't find anything on freebsd.org or the internets, either.) A few hints would be much appreciated! -- Cheers =8-} Mike Friede, Völkerverständigung und überhaupt blabla _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
