Thanks for all replies
> The problem is the Linux pty driver. > To impliment a working remote serial port, you have to write a > kernel-mode serial driver -- and that's a lot of work. [Writing > one isn't bad, maintaining one is a complete bitch due to the > way the infrastructure keeps shifting out from under you.] I've > proposed fixing the pty driver to allow it to emulate a real > serial port, but that proposal wasn't well accepted by the > powers-that-be in the Linux kernel world. > I wanted merely save some time and have more comfort during programming PICs. Writing kernel driver for (emulated) serial port is would take much more time than I can ever save by it. I will probably try it once I have some spare time anyway ) Until then I stick with programming over ssh ;p Sincerely Zdenek Travnicek