diff --git a/apps/system/components/DebugConsole/kata-io/src/lib.rs b/apps/system/components/DebugConsole/kata-io/src/lib.rs
index b75d935..68e73d3 100644
--- a/apps/system/components/DebugConsole/kata-io/src/lib.rs
+++ b/apps/system/components/DebugConsole/kata-io/src/lib.rs
@@ -116,30 +116,6 @@ impl Read for &[u8] {
     }
 }
 
-/// Forwarding implementation of Read for &mut
-impl<'a, T: ?Sized> Read for &'a mut T
-where
-    T: Read,
-{
-    fn read(&mut self, buf: &mut [u8]) -> Result<usize> {
-        (**self).read(buf)
-    }
-}
-
-/// Forwarding implementation of Write for &mut
-impl<'a, T: ?Sized> Write for &'a mut T
-where
-    T: Write,
-{
-    fn write(&mut self, buf: &[u8]) -> Result<usize> {
-        (**self).write(buf)
-    }
-
-    fn flush(&mut self) -> Result<()> {
-        (**self).flush()
-    }
-}
-
 pub struct BufReader<R> {
     inner: R,
     buf: Box<[u8]>,
@@ -206,3 +182,41 @@ impl<R: Read> BufRead for BufReader<R> {
         self.pos = cmp::min(self.pos + amt, self.cap);
     }
 }
+
+/// Forwarding implementation of Read for &mut
+impl<'a, T: ?Sized> Read for &'a mut T
+where
+    T: Read,
+{
+    fn read(&mut self, buf: &mut [u8]) -> Result<usize> {
+        (**self).read(buf)
+    }
+}
+
+/// Forwarding implementation of BufRead for &mut
+impl<'a, T: ?Sized> BufRead for &'a mut T
+where
+    T: BufRead,
+{
+    fn fill_buf(&mut self) -> Result<&[u8]> {
+        (**self).fill_buf()
+    }
+
+    fn consume(&mut self, amt: usize) {
+        (**self).consume(amt)
+    }
+}
+
+/// Forwarding implementation of Write for &mut
+impl<'a, T: ?Sized> Write for &'a mut T
+where
+    T: Write,
+{
+    fn write(&mut self, buf: &[u8]) -> Result<usize> {
+        (**self).write(buf)
+    }
+
+    fn flush(&mut self) -> Result<()> {
+        (**self).flush()
+    }
+}
diff --git a/apps/system/components/DebugConsole/kata-shell/src/lib.rs b/apps/system/components/DebugConsole/kata-shell/src/lib.rs
index ad15b8c..e0444c3 100644
--- a/apps/system/components/DebugConsole/kata-shell/src/lib.rs
+++ b/apps/system/components/DebugConsole/kata-shell/src/lib.rs
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ impl From<io::Error> for CommandError {
 }
 
 /// Read-eval-print loop for the DebugConsole command line interface.
-pub fn repl(output: &mut dyn io::Write, input: &mut dyn io::Read) -> ! {
+pub fn repl<T: io::BufRead>(output: &mut dyn io::Write, input: &mut T) -> ! {
     let mut line_reader = LineReader::new();
     loop {
         const PROMPT: &str = "KATA> ";
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ pub fn repl(output: &mut dyn io::Write, input: &mut dyn io::Read) -> ! {
 ///
 /// The line is split on whitespace. The first token is the command; the
 /// remaining tokens are the arguments.
-fn dispatch_command(cmdline: &str, input: &mut dyn io::Read, output: &mut dyn io::Write) {
+fn dispatch_command(cmdline: &str, input: &mut dyn io::BufRead, output: &mut dyn io::Write) {
     let mut args = cmdline.split_ascii_whitespace();
     match args.nth(0) {
         Some(command) => {
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ fn loglevel_command(
 
 /// Implements a command to receive a blob using ZMODEM.
 fn rz_command(
-    input: &mut dyn io::Read,
+    input: &mut dyn io::BufRead,
     mut output: &mut dyn io::Write,
 ) -> Result<(), CommandError> {
     let upload = rz::rz(input, &mut output)?;
diff --git a/apps/system/components/DebugConsole/kata-shell/src/rz.rs b/apps/system/components/DebugConsole/kata-shell/src/rz.rs
index 5962054..e88f16d 100644
--- a/apps/system/components/DebugConsole/kata-shell/src/rz.rs
+++ b/apps/system/components/DebugConsole/kata-shell/src/rz.rs
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ impl io::Write for Upload {
 }
 
 /// Receives using ZMODEM and wraps the result as an Upload.
-pub fn rz<R: io::Read, W: io::Write>(r: R, w: W) -> Result<Upload, io::Error> {
+pub fn rz<R: io::BufRead, W: io::Write>(r: R, w: W) -> Result<Upload, io::Error> {
     let mut upload = Upload::new();
     zmodem::recv::recv(r, w, &mut upload)?;
     Ok(upload)
diff --git a/apps/system/components/DebugConsole/zmodem/src/proto.rs b/apps/system/components/DebugConsole/zmodem/src/proto.rs
index e13e164..0c6da92 100644
--- a/apps/system/components/DebugConsole/zmodem/src/proto.rs
+++ b/apps/system/components/DebugConsole/zmodem/src/proto.rs
@@ -106,37 +106,15 @@ where
     Ok(())
 }
 
-/// Read into buf until and including the byte delim
-///
-/// This is a one-off implementation of a method of io::BufRead that the
-/// original lexxvir/zmodem had used. (So far kata_io is deferring implementing
-/// buffering to validate it will become needed in more places.)
-fn read_until<R>(r: &mut R, delim: u8, buf: &mut Vec<u8>) -> io::Result<usize>
-where
-    R: io::Read,
-{
-    let mut n = 0usize;
-    loop {
-        let b = read_byte(r)?;
-        buf.push(b);
-        n += 1;
-        if b == delim {
-            break;
-        }
-    }
-
-    Ok(n)
-}
-
 /// Receives sequence: <escaped data> ZLDE ZCRC* <CRC bytes>
 /// Unescapes sequencies such as 'ZLDE <escaped byte>'
 /// If Ok returns <unescaped data> in buf and ZCRC* byte as return value
 pub fn recv_zlde_frame<R>(header: u8, r: &mut R, buf: &mut Vec<u8>) -> io::Result<Option<u8>>
 where
-    R: io::Read,
+    R: io::BufRead,
 {
     loop {
-        read_until(r, ZLDE, buf)?;
+        r.read_until(ZLDE, buf)?;
         let b = read_byte(r)?;
 
         if !is_escaped(b) {
@@ -173,7 +151,7 @@ pub fn recv_data<CI, CO, DO>(
     data_out: &mut DO,
 ) -> io::Result<bool>
 where
-    CI: io::Read,
+    CI: io::BufRead,
     CO: io::Write,
     DO: io::Write,
 {
diff --git a/apps/system/components/DebugConsole/zmodem/src/recv.rs b/apps/system/components/DebugConsole/zmodem/src/recv.rs
index 8eff426..96a15e9 100644
--- a/apps/system/components/DebugConsole/zmodem/src/recv.rs
+++ b/apps/system/components/DebugConsole/zmodem/src/recv.rs
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ pub fn recv<CI, CO, DO>(
     mut data_out: DO,
 ) -> io::Result<usize>
 where
-    CI: io::Read,
+    CI: io::BufRead,
     CO: io::Write,
     DO: io::Write,
 {