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On Mon, 15 Sep 2003 10:03:30 +0900, henry nelson wrote:
> Can I just substitute /dev/ttya for /dev/tty00, and /dev
> /ttyb for /dev/tty01?

You should be able to. Although, if your sparc is one of the ones
with the multiplexed DB25 for both serial A and B, and if you don't
have the right kind of adapter, then you'll only be able to use
/dev/ttya (it's the one that comes through the standard pins in
the DB25, whereas /dev/ttyb would be the one you have to have the
adapter to be able to use)

> (Could someone give me the history or reason behind
> the difference in sparc and i386 wrt the names of the serial ports?)

Not sure if there's any history per se behind why Sun named their
serial ports A and B rather than 0 and 1, or 1 and 2, but that's
just how they're labeled on the back of the machine, so the naming
of the device nodes in /dev follows as a mnemonic.

	~Ben
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