• 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 0x3f8
  mknod -m 660 /dev/ttyS1 c 4 65 # base address 0x2f8
  mknod -m 660 /dev/ttyS2 c 4 66 # base address 0x3e8
  mknod -m 660 /dev/ttyS3 c 4 67 # base address 0x2e8
  chown root:tty /dev/ttyS[0-3]
• FILES
  
  /dev/ttyS[0-3]
• SEE ALSO
  
  chown(1) , mknod(1) , tty(4) , agetty(8) , mingetty(8) , setserial(8)
• COLOPHON
  
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