[ECOS] Problem with getchar / gets / fgets

[Andrew Lunn]

On Tue, Sep 14, 2004 at 02:37:23PM -0400, Nicolas Brouard wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm using a board based on a MPC860 processor.
> I try to make a shell application, but the getchar function (or gets, or
> fgets(stdin)) doesn't work very well. Each character requires to be hit
> about 5 to 10 times after which it shows up.
> 
> The test I did is very simple and works perfectly with the powerpc simulator
> target (psim).
> ------------------------------
> #include <stdio.h>
> static char line[256];
> int main(void)
> {
>     printf("hello\n");
>     while(1)
>     {
>         printf("toto> ");
>         gets(line);
>         printf("%s", line);
>     }
>     return 0;
> }
> ------------------------------
> 
> The same problem was posted before in the mailing list, and nobody answers.
> http://sources.redhat.com/ml/ecos-discuss/2003-12/msg00321.html
> 
> Does anybody have an idea about that?

What serial driver are you using? haldiag or the real serial driver?
Is the port being shared with gdb or is it a dedicated port?

        Andrew

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