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Kermit is still used in the embedded space, on modern platforms specifically for uboot.

zmodem can also be used in embedded spaces to retrieve files if the only interface is a serial port.



This! I still recall using zmodem not that long ago for this exact purpose of sending firmware blobs over just a serial connection.


We have switches purchased in the last few years that use zmodem for firmware upload and recovery.

Annoyingly it still supports a maximum of 115200 baud, even though the serial port on the switch is physically USB-C, so on the one occasion we had a switch brick itself and had to use zmodem "in anger" it took quite a long time to upload the replacement firmware.




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