TTYS

Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (4)
Updated: 19 December 1992
 

NAME

ttys - serial terminal lines  

DESCRIPTION

ttyS[0-3] are character devices for the serial terminal lines.

They are typically created by:

mknod -m 660 /dev/ttyS0 c 4 64 # base address 0x03f8
mknod -m 660 /dev/ttyS1 c 4 65 # base address 0x02f8
mknod -m 660 /dev/ttyS2 c 4 66 # base address 0x03e8
mknod -m 660 /dev/ttyS3 c 4 67 # base address 0x02e8
chown root:tty /dev/ttyS[0-3]

 

FILES

/dev/ttyS[0-3]  

SEE ALSO

mknod(1), chown(1), getty(1), tty(4)