Re: [SOLVED] Serial buffer corruption [was Re: FTDI usb-serial possible bug]

Antonino Ingargiola wrote:
Nope. In python I use the flushInput() method of the serial object
defined by the pyserial library[0]. The method does just this system
call:

termios.tcflush(self.fd, TERMIOS.TCIFLUSH)

that I think is correct.

There is intermediate buffering between the driver and
the line discipline called the tty flip buffer.

receive data flow:
driver --> tty flip --> line discipline --> application

When you flush input, the line disciplines flush_buffer() method
is called to clear any data residing the in the line discipline.

This does not affect the tty flip buffer
or hardware receive FIFOs.

I suspect the biggest problem is the data in the
tty flip buffer.

A new function to flush the tty flip buffer needs to
be added and then called from tty_io.c:tty_ldisc_flush().

Then a call to tcflush(TCIFLUSH) will clear both buffers.

This still would not clear any data in the hardware
receive FIFOs.

--
Paul Fulghum
Microgate Systems, Ltd.
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