On Sat, Sep 03, 2011 at 04:33:07PM +0200, Marc Balmer wrote: > Am 03.09.11 15:05, schrieb Jonathan A. Kollasch: > > > On Fri, Sep 02, 2011 at 01:45:08PM +0200, Marc Balmer wrote: > >> I just noticed that 'com* at acpi?' is commented out in amd64/GENERIC. > >> Is there a technical reason for that? > >> > >> I would like to uncomment it, to make the serial ports available that > >> are found on IBM Anyplace Kiosk systems. > > > > Please don't. Maybe it should be made a module however. > > > > The problem is that com0, com1, and com2 are already in the config, and > > force the numbering of the ACPI com(4) ports up. That is, enabling the > > ACPI attachment will put what should be /dev/tty00 on /dev/tty03. > > I see. Does that mean it will push up ACPI com(4) ports up even when > com0 - com2 don't attach?
Yes, but maybe com0 at acpi? com1 at acpi? com* at acpi? will workaround it. This needs to be tested. -- Manuel Bouyer <[email protected]> NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference --
