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Altera_Forum
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22 years ago

linux - console

Hello, I would like to enable uart for the default console. I modified the kernel configuration in Nios IDE to enable UART console and by reprogramming the kernel into the flash, the kernel me...
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22 years ago

Thanks guys!

The serial uart is ,in my opinion, a much better terminal (why is it not the default?). By using the serial uart you free up the SDK shell to do other things in, and more importantly Ctrl+C doesn’t kill HyperTeminal http://forum.niosforum.com/work2/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif but stops the current process ( try stopping ping or yes from the nios2-terminal http://forum.niosforum.com/work2/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif