We want to dump output directly from the device without any further
processing, to support binary data dumps; we also disable buffering
on stdout, to support piping output to other processes more cleanly.

For example, a script to flash the chip can use this to mark the
output so that it's clear when the target was actually reset.

Once a first byte is received, read as many as are immediately
available in larger chunks before going back to single-byte reads.
This prevents dropped data when the host is sending it quickly.