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authorSascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>2014-07-21 16:24:14 +0200
committerSascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>2014-07-24 08:32:57 +0200
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Documentation: Add documentation for USB serial console
Signed-off-by: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>
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@@ -88,3 +88,10 @@ the following:
The ``dfu-util`` command automatically finds DFU-capable devices. If there are
multiple devices found, you need to identify one with the ``-d``/``-p`` options.
+
+USB serial console
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+barebox can provide a serial console over USB. This can be initialized with the
+:ref:`command_usbserial` command. Once the host is plugged in it should show a
+new serial device, on Linux for example ``/dev/ttyACM0``.