I am trying to redirect all serial data to a process in VxWorks. Using the following code
fd = open("/tyCo/0", O_RDWR,0);
ioctl(fd, FIOSETOPTIONS, OPT_TERMINAL & ~OPT_7_BIT);
read(fd, line, 100);
gives the correct input, except the first character entered is not populated, but is printed to the terminal. So if I enter "Hello", "H" is printed out and line="ello". If I don't enter anything and hit the return key, I get a prompt from the VxWorks Shell.
I think that the VxWorks Shell is intercepting the first letter of the data. My guess is that I have to redirect STDIO to the new process only, but all the documentation I've found on that says to use ioGlobalStdSet() which is unavailable in VxWorks 6.4 RTP. How can I either redirect STDIO or kill the VxWorks Shell from my process?
If you want to redirect all task's outputs to the current login shell, what I think answer is:
static int shellResourceReleaseHookAdd_once = 0;
void revert_out()
{
ioGlobalStdSet( 1, consoleFd ); /* redirect all output to the consoleFd */
ioGlobalStdSet( 2, consoleFd ); /* redirect all error to the consoleFd */
}
void redirect_out()
{
ioGlobalStdSet( 1, ioTaskStdGet(0,1) ); /* redirect all output to the current shell */
ioGlobalStdSet( 2, ioTaskStdGet(0,1) ); /* redirect all error to the current shell */
if (shellResourceReleaseHookAdd_once == 0) {
shellResourceReleaseHookAdd(revert_out); /* call revert_out() when current shell closes. */
shellResourceReleaseHookAdd_once = 1;
}
}
One work-around is to use ioGlobalStdSet to redirect the IO to a pipe.
Then, in the RTP, open the pipe in read mode.
Off the top of my head - In the Kernel:
dev = pipeDevCreate("/pipe/input", 10, 100);
kernFd = open("/pipe/input", O_RD, 0)
ioGlobalStdSet(1, kernFd)
In the RTP:
rtpFd = open("/pipe/input", O_RD, 0);
read(rtpFd, line, 100);
Disabling the shell during VxWorks configuration and compilation removed the problem permanently. It is also possible to enter exit at the shell to temporarily disable it.