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Re: CYGPKG_REDBOOT_ANY_CONSOLE question
- From: Gary Thomas <gary at mlbassoc dot com>
- To: "Miguel J. Vega" <mserrano at engin dot umich dot edu>
- Cc: ecos-discuss at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Tue, 06 Jul 2004 12:41:26 -0600
- Subject: Re: [ECOS] CYGPKG_REDBOOT_ANY_CONSOLE question
- Organization: MLB Associates
- References: <Pine.GSO.4.58.0407061252210.15054@azure.engin.umich.edu>
On Tue, 2004-07-06 at 11:03, Miguel J. Vega wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I am unclear of what redboot does when CYGPKG_REDBOOT_ANY_CONSOLE is
> disabled. Does it just stick to whichever port was assigned as the
> diagnostic/console serial port?
Correct. If not disabled, then RedBoot will attempt to use *any* serial
port which is defined (HAL serial ports only). It does this by
initially using them all (e.g. all printed messages go to all ports).
It will switch to a single console once input has been received.
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Gary Thomas <gary@mlbassoc.com>
MLB Associates
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