+/**
+ * console_dev_is_serial() - Check if a stdio device is a serial device
+ *
+ * @sdev: Device to check
+ * @return true if this device is in the serial uclass (or for pre-driver-model,
+ * whether it is called "serial".
+ */
+static bool console_dev_is_serial(struct stdio_dev *sdev)
+{
+ bool is_serial;
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_DM_SERIAL
+ if (sdev->flags & DEV_FLAGS_DM) {
+ struct udevice *dev = sdev->priv;
+
+ is_serial = device_get_uclass_id(dev) == UCLASS_SERIAL;
+ } else
+#endif
+ is_serial = !strcmp(sdev->name, "serial");
+
+ return is_serial;
+}
+
+#if CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(CONSOLE_MUX)