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Extend the message in UPDATING on the sio(4) -> uart(4) change.

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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.

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Ed Schouten 2008-08-18 10:38:16 +00:00
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@ -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 instead of "ttyd0". You may need to reconfigure applications to
use the new device names. 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: 20080609:
The gpt(8) utility has been removed. Use gpart(8) to partition The gpt(8) utility has been removed. Use gpart(8) to partition
disks instead. disks instead.