Re: Virtual Serial Port

Mikado
2006-03-26T02:19:19Z

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> You could write a device driver implementing virtual serial ports. Then you
> just add an ioctl that connects/disconnects virtual ports to real ports if
> desired.
> I do not quite see what this would be good for, but I am sure it's
> good for learning or for fun. :)

Hi Jan Engelhardt,

My purpose is to provide serial interfaces for debugging. My real box
acts as remote host connecting to VMWare box by a *virtual* serial cable
so that I can set up a debugging environment.

There are several solutions for this problem but they could only run on
Windows. Eg:
- - http://www.mks.zp.ua/vspdxp.php
- - http://www.virtual-serial-port.com/virtual-serial-port-kit.html

I'll buy an USB-to-Serial cable and a Serial-Serial cable to solve this
problem but it's also interesting for me to write such device driver.
I'll try it later.

Mikado
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