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From: adam@veda.is (Adam David)
Subject: Re: FreeBSD 1.1.5.1: Serial port problems
Organization: Veda Systems, Iceland
Message-ID: <Cuw98M.Eqq@veda.is>
References: <32c0kr$94d@Mercury.mcs.com> <1994Aug15.173556.4105@system9.unisys.com> <32q558$c2@knobel.knirsch.de>
Date: Sun, 21 Aug 1994 16:45:57 GMT
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andreas@knobel.knirsch.de (Andreas Klemm) writes:

>In FreeBSD 1.1.5.1 you have to use the cuai01 device to change the
>settings of a serial device, if the port is not opened.

>The callout devices for COM1: and COM2: aren't properly installed
>in the binary distrib and the MAKEDEV script doesn't make them, too.

Yes it does:

# sh MAKEDEV ttyd0 ttyd1

is all you need to create the cua*[01] and ttyd*[01] device nodes.

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Adam David  <adam@veda.is>