ttySAC0 or ttyS0 in 3.6.x ARM Linux?

[Woody Wu]

On 2012-11-15, Russell King - ARM Linux <linux at arm.linux.org.uk> wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 03:07:24PM +0800, woody wrote:
>> In the 3.6.6 ARM kernel, should I use ttySAC0 or ttyS0 to specify the  
>> 'console' kernel command line?
>
> That depends on what type of UART you're using.  ttyS is for 8250 ports.
> ttySAC ended up being used for various SoC based ports which aren't
> 8250 based.

Thanks. I think I understood.

The only strange thing is that, however, on my here this is a 2.6.16.4
kernel, that was using ttyS instead of ttySAC for the same physical port
on the same board.

-- 
-woody
I can't go back to yesterday - because I was a different person then.