Paul Goyette wrote:

>Well, I guess my point is that this stuff shouldn't be (or at least,
>doesn't need to be) port-mac68k specific.  I know I've gotten lots of
>e-mail from people all over using at least three different ports, all
>asking about how to get pppd set up.
>
You're right, it shouldn't be mac specific. Like you said, Mac users 
aren't the only ones having difficulty with ppp and serial ports.

>Calling things "printer" and "modem" means as much to an Intel-80x86 user
>as "com0" and "com1" does to a Mac user.
>
Yeah, I still can't figure out the com0/com1 thing on my PeeCee.  It took 
me forever to figure out where the internal modem was. The only way I 
could do it was by reading the manual and sending an "atz" to the port to 
see if it'd respond.  The Mac's ICONs on the ports sure are a nice 
feature.

>Perhaps the new FAQ can have a port-specific translation table, so that
>each port's users can look up the serial port by names that they're
>familiar with and find the "proper" NetBSD equivalent?  :)

I like this idea, especially if we can get it into all the ports of 
NetBSD. Would it be possible to just have the Installer build a symbolic 
link of the serial port name to the "proper" NetBSD equivalent?  Maybe 
this could also be included in the port-specific /etc tarball?  Isn't 
this how the mouse is connected to the proper device in NetBSD/i386?

-bob