Devices created by udev have been named duart? instead of the common ttyS?. This is a nuisance because it requires changes to all sorts of config files such as /etc/inittab, /etc/securetty etc. to work. I suggest to kill the problem by the root by something like the below patch. Comments? Ralf Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> drivers/serial/sb1250-duart.c | 4 ++-- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/serial/sb1250-duart.c b/drivers/serial/sb1250-duart.c index 2d6c08b..0defbd6 100644 --- a/drivers/serial/sb1250-duart.c +++ b/drivers/serial/sb1250-duart.c @@ -897,7 +897,7 @@ static int __init sbd_console_setup(struct console *co, char *options) static struct uart_driver sbd_reg; static struct console sbd_console = { - .name = "duart", + .name = "ttyS", .write = sbd_console_write, .device = uart_console_device, .setup = sbd_console_setup, @@ -925,7 +925,7 @@ console_initcall(sbd_serial_console_init); static struct uart_driver sbd_reg = { .owner = THIS_MODULE, .driver_name = "serial", - .dev_name = "duart", + .dev_name = "ttyS", .major = TTY_MAJOR, .minor = SB1250_DUART_MINOR_BASE, .nr = DUART_MAX_CHIP * DUART_MAX_SIDE,