From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: shawn.guo@freescale.com (Shawn Guo) Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 11:56:37 +0800 Subject: serial tty name In-Reply-To: <20111214144344.GA2090@richard-laptop> References: <20111214144344.GA2090@richard-laptop> Message-ID: <20111219035636.GE4962@S2100-06.ap.freescale.net> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 10:43:47PM +0800, Richard Zhao wrote: > How to map different uart port to ttymxc0 (take imx for example)? > > In rootfs, it usually "getty ttymxc0" to get > serial console. And the rootfs may be shared by different boards. > Traditionaly way is to set right platform device ID. > > But with DT, UART2 always generate ttymxc1, UART3 for ttymxc2. You > always needs to modify the getty command when your change another board. > > Is there a way to fix it? > I'm using Linaro rootfs and do not see this problem at all. So as people have suggested, you need to fix it in your user space. -- Regards, Shawn