docs/123430: [patch] Fix <devicename> Tags for COM1 in Handbook Chapter 24
Gabor PALI
pgj at FreeBSD.org
Mon May 5 18:40:04 UTC 2008
>Number: 123430
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: [patch] Fix <devicename> Tags for COM1 in Handbook Chapter 24
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
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>Date-Required:
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Mon May 05 18:40:03 UTC 2008
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Gabor PALI
>Release: FreeBSD 6.3-STABLE i386
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD disznohal 6.3-STABLE FreeBSD 6.3-STABLE #4: Fri Apr 4 23:29:43 CEST 2008 dezzy at disznohal:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC_ i386
>Description:
I found some <devicename> tags for COM1 port is missing
or written as <quote> in the FreeBSD Handbook, Chapter 24
(``Serial Communications''). I think they should be marked up
as <devicename>, so I created a patch to address this.
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
--- serialcomms.patch.7.diff begins here ---
Index: chapter.sgml
===================================================================
RCS file: /doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/serialcomms/chapter.sgml,v
retrieving revision 1.120
diff -u -r1.120 chapter.sgml
--- chapter.sgml 28 Dec 2007 11:11:43 -0000 1.120
+++ chapter.sgml 5 May 2008 04:50:52 -0000
@@ -771,7 +771,7 @@
<para>Note that device numbers in &os; start from zero and not
one (like they do, for instance in &ms-dos;-derived systems).
This means that what &ms-dos;-based systems
- call <quote>COM1</quote> is
+ call <devicename>COM1</devicename> is
usually <filename>/dev/cuad0</filename> in &os;.</para>
</note>
@@ -2137,7 +2137,7 @@
<procedure>
<step>
- <para>Connect the serial cable to COM1 and the controlling
+ <para>Connect the serial cable to <devicename>COM1</devicename> and the controlling
terminal.</para>
</step>
--- serialcomms.patch.7.diff ends here ---
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