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Re: i386 RedBoot serial
- From: Jonathan Larmour <jlarmour at redhat dot com>
- To: "Ecer, Jiri" <jecer at Rational dot Com>
- Cc: ecos-discuss at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2002 18:24:29 +0000
- Subject: Re: [ECOS] i386 RedBoot serial
- Organization: Red Hat UK Ltd.
- References: <1E0ABA7B578BCC40AA5EED022EFE32E6019622E0@sca-can1it01.rational.com>
"Ecer, Jiri" wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Is there documentation that expalins the relationship between the two serial
> ports and the diag serial device?
Sounds like a vague question. What do you need to know?
> I am using a PC with two serial ports and trying to use the first serial
> port for redboot and for the gdb <-> eCos link and the second port for the
> ecos application's standard input and output. I have tried configurations
> that made sense to me without success. In particular:
>
> Redboot posts boot message on all available serial port and claims the one
> that receives the first character as the one (as described in the original
> message). This port can then be used by the ecos application to communicate
> with gdb. Can the other port be used as well (in my case for standard I/O)?
Yes.
Jifl
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