From: rick@ee.uwm.edu (Rick Miller, Linux Device Registrar) Subject: Re: my SLS 99pl4 problem collection Date: 15 Feb 1993 14:49:43 GMT
dikay@sun1.ruf.uni-freiburg.de (Kay Diederichs) writes:
>Being a first-time Linux user, I stumbled upon the following problems
>after installing SLS 9pl4 from scratch:
>- /dev/ttyS0 and ttyS1 should probably be /dev/ttys0 and ttys1 (at least
> that is waht made my serial mouse work on COM1
[other problems ommitted, since I haven't the slightest what's wrong]
I can only handle one of your problems, Kay.
The device names for the serial ports have been *changed* (officially).
You'll need to make sure you have the proper devices matched to the proper
names, and then go change any references to the old names in any set-up
or configuration files you may have.
Serial dial-in lines are now "ttyS0" through "ttyS3" for the usual four.
They have a Major number of 4, as before, and minor numbers 64 thru 67.
The new dial-*out* devices are called "cua0" thru "cua3" and have a
Major number of *5* while using the same minor numbers (64-67).
Use the "mknod" command to create the new devices.
They're all of type "c" ("c"haracter, not "b"lock).
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