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Re: Serial I/O read


Greg Marsden wrote:
> 
> Is there a way that I can request a read of a block of
> characters from a serial port and have the read function
> return when it has between 1 and blockLen characters.
> 
> Most Unix and Win32 api's support this mode, Ecos seems to wait
> until a full buffer is available or it returns immediately with
> no characters in non blocking mode.

The only way to get that type of behaviour with eCos at present is to use
the file I/O package and select() followed by a non-blocking read().

Jifl
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