From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carl-Daniel Hailfinger Subject: Re: should RTS init in serial core be tied to CRTSCTS Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:16:08 +0100 Message-ID: <45F01AA8.7010608@gmx.net> References: <8bd0f97a0703011603m794e00f5x875eb68ad0db05de@mail.gmail.com> <200703071019.55896.rgetz@blackfin.uclinux.org> <57354eff0703071330k2395e9c8n58e12f2111dcb25a@mail.gmail.com> <200703080844.32157.rgetz@blackfin.uclinux.org> <20070308134800.GA30023@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:33363 "HELO mail.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1751884AbXCHOQN (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Mar 2007 09:16:13 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20070308134800.GA30023@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> Sender: linux-serial-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-serial@vger.kernel.org To: Robin Getz , Oleksiy Kebkal , Krzysztof Halasa , Mike Frysinger , Linux Kernel Mailing List , linux-serial@vger.kernel.org Hi, On 08.03.2007 14:48, Russell King wrote: > As I've said already, having a console on the same port as your application > program is just asking for trouble. All bets are off - the kernel _will_ > corrupt your data stream in random places. > > Don't do it - it will _NEVER_ be reliable. > > Never, ever, mix kernel consoles with application serial ports. Unless you want two machines to monitor each other via serial console and each of them has only one serial port. It's not perfect, but it works well enough despite all claims to the contrary. Regards, Carl-Daniel