diff --git a/arch/sandbox/board/console.c b/arch/sandbox/board/console.c
index cd5ad57..cf1781d 100644
--- a/arch/sandbox/board/console.c
+++ b/arch/sandbox/board/console.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 #include <mach/linux.h>
 #include <xfuncs.h>
 
-int barebox_register_console(char *name, int stdinfd, int stdoutfd)
+int barebox_register_console(int stdinfd, int stdoutfd)
 {
 	struct device_d *dev;
 	struct linux_console_data *data;
@@ -32,9 +32,8 @@
 	data = (struct linux_console_data *)(dev + 1);
 
 	dev->platform_data = data;
-	strcpy(dev->name, name);
-
 	strcpy(dev->name, "console");
+	dev->id = DEVICE_ID_DYNAMIC;
 
 	data->stdoutfd = stdoutfd;
 	data->stdinfd  = stdinfd;
diff --git a/arch/sandbox/mach-sandbox/include/mach/linux.h b/arch/sandbox/mach-sandbox/include/mach/linux.h
index 1f11ed4..1327a56 100644
--- a/arch/sandbox/mach-sandbox/include/mach/linux.h
+++ b/arch/sandbox/mach-sandbox/include/mach/linux.h
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 int linux_execve(const char * filename, char *const argv[], char *const envp[]);
 
-int barebox_register_console(char *name_template, int stdinfd, int stdoutfd);
+int barebox_register_console(int stdinfd, int stdoutfd);
 
 int barebox_register_dtb(const void *dtb);
 
diff --git a/arch/sandbox/os/common.c b/arch/sandbox/os/common.c
index 67667d4..192917a 100644
--- a/arch/sandbox/os/common.c
+++ b/arch/sandbox/os/common.c
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@
 				exit(1);
 			}
 
-			barebox_register_console("cout", -1, fd);
+			barebox_register_console(-1, fd);
 			break;
 		case 'I':
 			fd = open(optarg, O_RDWR);
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@
 				exit(1);
 			}
 
-			barebox_register_console("cin", fd, -1);
+			barebox_register_console(fd, -1);
 			break;
 		case 'x':
 			sdl_xres = strtoul(optarg, NULL, 0);
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@
 		}
 	}
 
-	barebox_register_console("console", fileno(stdin), fileno(stdout));
+	barebox_register_console(fileno(stdin), fileno(stdout));
 
 	rawmode();
 	start_barebox();
diff --git a/drivers/serial/linux_console.c b/drivers/serial/linux_console.c
index 760b3b8..0d5da9d 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/linux_console.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/linux_console.c
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@
 
 	console_register(cdev);
 
+	pr_info("%s: registered as %s%d\n", dev->name, cdev->class_dev.name,
+		cdev->class_dev.id);
+
 	return 0;
 }