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Re: short reads on serial port..


On Thu, Oct 26, 2000 at 08:16:58PM +0100, Jonathan Larmour wrote:

> > Should I use select, what does it drag in the way of extra stuff to my
> > build ... I don't want to have to add POSIX stuff really...
> 
> Um, serial reads do block by default. If you want to wait on multiple
> devices but avoid select, you could use multiple threads using blocking
> reads, which then signal your original thread when data arrives.

Does the serial driver support select?

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Grant Edwards
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