[U-Boot] multiple serial

Stefano Babic sbabic at denx.de
Sat Mar 5 08:58:33 CET 2011


On 03/04/2011 09:33 PM, Ran Shalit wrote:

> I am not sure I undertand what is ment in the
> words "modem dial-in / dial-out".
> What is actually the benefit of using multiple serial (#define
> CONFIG_MULTI_SERIAL) instead of using direcet call to ns15669 driver (for
> the UART'S which are not the console).

The benefit is that you can easy switch the console setting the
stdout/stdin variables in u-boot.

Best regards,
Stefano Babic

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