docs/90262: Handbook serialcomms /etc/rc.serial -> /etc/rc.d/serial
Siebrand Mazeland
s.mazeland at xs4all.nl
Sun Dec 11 23:40:21 UTC 2005
>Number: 90262
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: Handbook serialcomms /etc/rc.serial -> /etc/rc.d/serial
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Sun Dec 11 23:40:05 GMT 2005
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Siebrand Mazeland
>Release: FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE-p8 i386
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD nfishbone.nitro.dk 5.4-RELEASE-p8 FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE-p8 #8: Sun Oct 23 12:51:06 CEST 2005 simon at nfishbone.nitro.dk:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/FISHBONE i386
>Description:
>From FreeBSD 5.1 on /etc/rc.serial has moved to /etc/rc.d/serial. Change this
in the Handbook, add a note for older versions, and remove a comment about
this change in the source. Patch attached.
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
diff -u -r1.104 chapter.sgml
--- en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/serialcomms/chapter.sgml 13 Nov 2005 23:30:18 -0000 1.104
+++ en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/serialcomms/chapter.sgml 11 Dec 2005 23:16:02 -0000
@@ -679,12 +679,15 @@
<secondary><filename>rc.serial</filename></secondary>
</indexterm>
- <!-- XXX; /etc/rc.serial is gone in 5.1.
- How do you set default parameters for these devices in 5.X ? -->
-
<para>System-wide initialization of the serial devices is
- controlled in <filename>/etc/rc.serial</filename>. This file
+ controlled in <filename>/etc/rc.d/serial</filename>. This file
affects the default settings of serial devices.</para>
+
+ <note>
+ <para>In &os; 5.0 and lower versions system-wide
+ initialization of the serial devices is controlled in
+ <filename>/etc/rc.serial</filename>.</para>
+ </note>
<para>To prevent certain settings from being changed by an
application, make adjustments to the <quote>lock state</quote>
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
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