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Re: Serial port used by both RedBoot and a program
>>>>> "Andrew" == Andrew Lunn <andrew.lunn@ascom.ch> writes:
>> I have a program that need to use a serial port. Debugging is done
>> via ethernet port but Redboot use the serial port to do some
>> output.
>>
>> How does this is supposed to be handled? Do I have to use a redboot
>> which does not use the serial port at all? Or can i hope that a
>> program being configured to use a serial port coudl use it with no
>> problems ?
Andrew> I've done this on the EBSA. I just configure the application
Andrew> with the serial driver and it works OK. I guess the
Andrew> application serial driver stomps over redboots driver and all
Andrew> is happy. This could be platform dependant though.
Correct. And it's like that for all targets.
Jesper