[ECOS] Re: Input from debug console

[Grant Edwards]

On 2016-06-30, Michael W. Ellis <mellis@pesa.com> wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: ecos-discuss-owner@ecos.sourceware.org [mailto:ecos-discuss-
>> owner@ecos.sourceware.org] On Behalf Of Michael W. Ellis
>> Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2016 9:54 AM
>> To: ecos-discuss@ecos.sourceware.org
>> Subject: [ECOS] Input from debug console
>> 
>> My application calls diag_printf() to display information to the debug
>> console using serial port 0 of my processor.  I would like to be able
>> to implement some simple diagnostics that are initiated through the
>> console port.  Is it possible to accept input from the console?  If
> so,
>> how is this done?
>
> Correction - I'm using the AT91SAM9260 processor and the debug console
> uses a serial port connected to the Debug Unit instead of serial port 0.
> The console device name is "/dev/ttydiag".  Without writing new drivers,
> is it possible to get simple input from this port?

Does your eCos HAL profide hal_if_diag_read_char()?  I thought that
was pretty standard.  I modified my HAL to also provide a non-blocking
version of that call -- it only required writing a few lines of code.

-- 
Grant





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