svn commit: r51494 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/serialcomms

[Eitan Adler]

Author: eadler
Date: Sat Mar 17 20:05:02 2018
New Revision: 51494
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/51494

Log:
  [handbook] serial console rototilling
  
  - Stop talking about FreeBSD 9
  - Some slight markup changes

Modified:
  head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/serialcomms/chapter.xml

Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/serialcomms/chapter.xml
==============================================================================
--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/serialcomms/chapter.xml	Sat Mar 17 19:18:10 2018	(r51493)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/serialcomms/chapter.xml	Sat Mar 17 20:05:02 2018	(r51494)
@@ -718,20 +718,11 @@
 	  <para>For example, to connect from a client system that runs
 	    &os; to the serial connection of another system:</para>
 
-	  <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cu -l <replaceable>serial-port-device</replaceable></userinput></screen>
+	  <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cu -l /dev/cuau<replaceable>N</replaceable></userinput></screen>
 
-	  <para>Replace <replaceable>serial-port-device</replaceable>
-	    with the device name of the connected serial port.  These
-	    device files are called
-	    <filename>/dev/cuau<replaceable>N</replaceable></filename>
-	    on &os; versions 10.x and higher and
-	    <filename>/dev/cuad<replaceable>N</replaceable></filename>
-	    on &os; versions 9.x and lower.  In either case,
-	    <replaceable>N</replaceable> is the serial port number,
-	    starting from zero.  This means that
+	  <para>Ports are numbered starting from zero.  This means that
 	    <filename>COM1</filename> is
-	    <filename>/dev/cuau0</filename> or
-	    <filename>/dev/cuad0</filename> in &os;.</para>
+	    <filename>/dev/cuau0</filename>.</para>
 
 	  <para>Additional programs are available through the Ports
 	    Collection, such as