[U-Boot] is minicom still discouraged as the serial comms program?

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Mon, 18 Jul 2016, Wolfgang Denk wrote:

> Dear Måns,
>
> In message <yw1x8tx1fyhx.fsf at unicorn.mansr.com> you wrote:
> >
> > It's an opinion shared by many.  Minicom appears to be mainly intended
> > for use with an actual modem, and when there isn't one involved, those
> > features tend to get in the way.
>
> Right - now you mention it I remember that minicom at least in some
> default installations issues a set of AT modem commands when
> connecting to a serial line, which have caused funny effects with
> U-Boot here and there...

  ah, that makes sense. so far, i've used picocom almost exclusively
and never had a problem. i am unaware of picocom issuing any AT
commands.

rday

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