git: 948dac0a87 - main - handbook/serialcomms: Replace references to sio(4) with uart(4)
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Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2022 14:29:48 UTC
The branch main has been updated by naddy (ports committer): URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/doc/commit/?id=948dac0a87a2fbde3193a8f969aaea4af06a7788 commit 948dac0a87a2fbde3193a8f969aaea4af06a7788 Author: Christian Weisgerber <naddy@FreeBSD.org> AuthorDate: 2022-10-30 14:25:17 +0000 Commit: Christian Weisgerber <naddy@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2022-10-30 14:25:17 +0000 handbook/serialcomms: Replace references to sio(4) with uart(4) uart(4) became the sole default serial driver in FreeBSD 8, and the sio(4) driver and man page were removed for FreeBSD 13. --- documentation/content/en/books/handbook/serialcomms/_index.adoc | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/serialcomms/_index.adoc b/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/serialcomms/_index.adoc index afd3caee2c..f9a72195b2 100644 --- a/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/serialcomms/_index.adoc +++ b/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/serialcomms/_index.adoc @@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ There are two different kinds of entries: FreeBSD also provides initialization devices ([.filename]#/dev/ttyuN.init# and [.filename]#/dev/cuauN.init# or [.filename]#/dev/cuadN.init#) and locking devices ([.filename]#/dev/ttyuN.lock# and [.filename]#/dev/cuauN.lock# or [.filename]#/dev/cuadN.lock#). The initialization devices are used to initialize communications port parameters each time a port is opened, such as `crtscts` for modems which use `RTS/CTS` signaling for flow control. The locking devices are used to lock flags on ports to prevent users or programs changing certain parameters. -Refer to man:termios[4], man:sio[4], and man:stty[1] for information on terminal settings, locking and initializing devices, and setting terminal options, respectively. +Refer to man:termios[4], man:uart[4], and man:stty[1] for information on terminal settings, locking and initializing devices, and setting terminal options, respectively. [[serial-hw-config]] === Serial Port Configuration @@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ vq|VH57600|Very High Speed Modem at 57600,8-bit:\ :nx=VH9600:tc=std.57600: .... -For a slow CPU or a heavily loaded system without 16550A-based serial ports, this configuration may produce `sio` "silo" errors at 57.6 Kbps. +For a slow CPU or a heavily loaded system without 16550A-based serial ports, this configuration may produce `uart` "silo" errors at 57.6 Kbps. The configuration of [.filename]#/etc/ttys# is similar to <<ex-etc-ttys>>, but a different argument is passed to `getty` and `dialup` is used for the terminal type. Replace _xxx_ with the process `init` will run on the device: @@ -1045,7 +1045,7 @@ A monitor does not need to be attached. ==== . Plug a dumb terminal, an old computer with a modem program, or the serial port on another UNIX(R) box into the serial port. -. Add the appropriate `hint.sio.*` entries to [.filename]#/boot/device.hints# for the serial port. Some multi-port cards also require kernel configuration options. Refer to man:sio[4] for the required options and device hints for each supported serial port. +. Add the appropriate `hint.uart.*` entries to [.filename]#/boot/device.hints# for the serial port. Some multi-port cards also require kernel configuration options. Refer to man:uart[4] for the required options and device hints for each supported serial port. . Create [.filename]#boot.config# in the root directory of the `a` partition on the boot drive. + This file instructs the boot block code how to boot the system.