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"By default, the serial port acts as a console, through which you can Raspberry Pi with sudo reboot. To disable this so that you can use the serial port to connect to peripherals such as GPS ( Recipe 11.10 ), comment out a line in /etc/inittab:
$ sudo nano /etc/inittab
Scroll down to the end of the file to find the line:
T0:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyAMA0 115200 vt100
Comment it out by placing a # in front of it:
#T0:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyAMA0 115200 vt100
Save the file with Ctrl-X followed by Y. For the changes to take effect, you need to reboot your Raspberry Pi with sudo reboot."
See http://www.framboise314.fr/le-port-serie-du-raspberry-pi-3-pas-simple/ (in French).