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Thanks for all replies |
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> The problem is the Linux pty driver. |
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> To impliment a working remote serial port, you have to write a |
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> kernel-mode serial driver -- and that's a lot of work. [Writing |
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> one isn't bad, maintaining one is a complete bitch due to the |
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> way the infrastructure keeps shifting out from under you.] I've |
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> proposed fixing the pty driver to allow it to emulate a real |
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> serial port, but that proposal wasn't well accepted by the |
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> powers-that-be in the Linux kernel world. |
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I wanted merely save some time and have more comfort during programming |
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PICs. |
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Writing kernel driver for (emulated) serial port is would take much more |
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time than I can ever save by it. |
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I will probably try it once I have some spare time anyway ) |
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Until then I stick with programming over ssh ;p |
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Sincerely |
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Zdenek Travnicek |
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