[ECOS] Simple serial comms

[Nick Garnett]

grahamlab <graham.labdon@cranems.co.uk> writes:

> I am having no success with the serial tests - here is what I do
> ser_filter -t 9000 /dev/ttyS0 - runs the filter, waits for a connection
> arm-eabi-gdb-nw intsall/tests/io/serial/v3_0/tests/serial3 - gives me the
> gdb prompt
> target remote localhost:9000 - gdb says debugging using localhost:9000 and
> returns to the gdb prompt
> type 'c' - gdb says 'continuing' - then nothing else happens
> 
> What am I missing?

You need to give the baud rate too:

$ ser_filter -t 9000 /dev/ttyS0 38400

However, if you are debugging via RedBoot, it makes more sense to
connect GDB to the serial channel that you are not using for serial
testing and use ser_filter with the -n option.


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