[ECOS] Re: Romboot in i386 (continued) - comms. problems

[Gary Thomas]

On 13-Aug-2001 Alex Lennon wrote:
> Looking at these serial drivers it seems to me that somebody has implemented
> a polled mode schema on both Rx and Tx. Could somebody tell me if this is
> correct ?
> 
> If so, then before I dive straight in and rewrite the code, is there any
> reason
> I shouldn't just use the 16x5x drivers already in eCos ?
> 

RedBoot can only use polled drivers and is not set up to use the "normal"
serial I/O in eCos.

Perhaps it's just a matter of not using the FIFOs appropriately in the
HAL [diag] polled routines?