Some years ago I show it was possible to copy files to Linux over serial without using zmodem or other protocol: https://acassis.wordpress.com/2012/10/21/how-to-transfer-files-to-a-linux-embedded-system-over-serial/
Today I faced a similar issue, I need to copy a file from host computer to NuttX over serial without using zmodem support.
Then I created a simple 48 bytes file on Linux side and ran these commands on NuttX console (using minicom) :
NuttShell (NSH)
nsh> mount -t vfat /dev/sda /mnt
nsh> dd if=/dev/console of=/mnt/test.txt bs=16 count=3
Now on minicom type: Ctrl + A – Y to select a file to paste.
It worked fine, see:
nsh> ls -l /mnt /mnt: -rw-rw-rw- 48 test.txt nsh> nsh> cat /mnt/test.txt This is a small test! Just to prove the idea!!!
Now I decided to send a bigger file (4KiB) :
I used the COPYING file of NuttX, just cutting it to 4KiB:
$ sudo dd if=COPYING of=/COPYING bs=1 count=4096
Then on minicom:
nsh> dd if=/dev/console of=/mnt/COPYING bs=64 count=64 Ctrl + A - Y
After selecting the file I noticed that the TXD LED on USB/Serial adapter was blinking at each 1 second. So after about 64 seconds it transfered the 4KiB file.
nsh> ls -l /mnt /mnt: -rw-rw-rw- 48 test.txt -rw-rw-rw- 4096 COPYING nsh> cat /mnt/COPYING COPYING -- Describes the terms under which Nuttx is distributed. A copy of the BSD-style licensing is included in this file. In my words -- I believe that you should free to use NuttX in any environment, private, private, commercial, open, closed, etc. provided only that you repect the modest copyright notices as ... uIP ^^^ Many lower-level networking components of NuttX derive from uIP which has a similar BSD style
That is it! It is not the faster transfer solution but it proved to work.
I think this same approach should have worked on Linux at that time.
