serial tty name

Rob Herring
2011-12-14T15:31:59Z

Richard,

On 12/14/2011 08:43 AM, 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?

That's what the aliases are for.

Rob