[U-Boot] still ongoing problems using minicom to talk to u-boot?

[U-Boot] still ongoing problems using minicom to talk to u-boot?

[Robert P. J. Day]

  the current u-boot manual suggests there are still problems using
minicom to connect to u-boot.  does anyone know what those problems
are, and if they still exist?

  i've been using minicom to connect to the pre-installed u-boot on my
beagleboard for months now, and it's worked reliably, except for one
situation.  since my laptop has no serial port, i'd purchased a
low-end USB-serial converter (with a prolific chipset), which failed
utterly.  i tried everything to debug my setup until someone else
suggested that the converter was at fault.

  i purchased a different converter and everything was fine.  so i'm
still curious about potential problems with minicom and u-boot.

rday
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Robert P. J. Day                               Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA

        Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry.

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[U-Boot] still ongoing problems using minicom to talk to u-boot?

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear "Robert P. J. Day",

In message <alpine.LFD.2.00.0908190554330.8008@localhost> you wrote:
> 
>   i purchased a different converter and everything was fine.  so i'm
> still curious about potential problems with minicom and u-boot.

Just RTFM: http://www.denx.de/wiki/view/DULG/SystemSetup#Section_4.4.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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[U-Boot] still ongoing problems using minicom to talk to u-boot?

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Wed, 19 Aug 2009, Wolfgang Denk wrote:

> Dear "Robert P. J. Day",
>
> In message <alpine.LFD.2.00.0908190554330.8008@localhost> you wrote:
> >
> >   i purchased a different converter and everything was fine.  so i'm
> > still curious about potential problems with minicom and u-boot.
>
> Just RTFM: http://www.denx.de/wiki/view/DULG/SystemSetup#Section_4.4.

  i *did* read that, which is why i was asking.  i'm trying to figure
out *what* specific problem minicom has that is avoided by the use of
cu or kermit, something that short section doesn't address.

rday
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Robert P. J. Day                               Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA

        Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry.

Web page:                                          http://crashcourse.ca
Twitter:                                       http://twitter.com/rpjday
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[U-Boot] still ongoing problems using minicom to talk to u-boot?

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear "Robert P. J. Day",

In message <alpine.LFD.2.00.0908190639480.16337@localhost> you wrote:
> 
>   i *did* read that, which is why i was asking.  i'm trying to figure
> out *what* specific problem minicom has that is avoided by the use of
> cu or kermit, something that short section doesn't address.

It is not one specific problem. minicom is just crap. Dump it.

I mean, if there were no altrernativs around, one would probably
bother to fix at least the most pressing issues, but there is plenty
wroking alternatives, so who cares?

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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DENX Software Engineering GmbH,     MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel
HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany
Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: wd at denx.de
Do not follow where the path may lead....go instead where there is no
path and leave a trail.

[U-Boot] still ongoing problems using minicom to talk to u-boot?

[vibi sreenivasan]

hi,
On Wed, 2009-08-19 at 13:39 +0200, Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> Dear "Robert P. J. Day",
> 
> In message <alpine.LFD.2.00.0908190639480.16337@localhost> you wrote:
> > 
> >   i *did* read that, which is why i was asking.  i'm trying to figure
> > out *what* specific problem minicom has that is avoided by the use of
> > cu or kermit, something that short section doesn't address.
> 
> It is not one specific problem. minicom is just crap. Dump it.
> 
i am using minicom to download u-boot using serial
console(at91rm9200dk).
it needs a seperate program for xmodem.
I got this program from net. it is attached.
> I mean, if there were no altrernativs around, one would probably
> bother to fix at least the most pressing issues, but there is plenty
> wroking alternatives, so who cares?
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Wolfgang Denk
> 
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