A while back (probably a few months, actually) I saw others struggling to make sense of nsplitd. I had never managed to get nsplitd working either, so I wrote a simple tool to split a serial port between two TCP ports. Rather than letting it rot on my disk, here''s the patch. cd into tools/misc/serial-split and run "make" to build it. Usage is as simple as running "serial-split" with no args. This will (by default) split COM1 (running at 115200/8N1) between ports 12010 and 12011. Attach gdb with "target remote localhost:12011". Attach to the console with (perhaps) "tools/misc/xencons localhost 12010". Run "serial-split --help" for more help, or look at the comment at the top of the file for a setup scenario. Hope someone else finds this useful. Charles