On Sat, Feb 04, 2012 at 10:22:27AM -0700, Paul Walmsley wrote: > No, that is not an example of a protocol with a retry. That is an example > of a protocol that has no provision for reliable data delivery. Sending a > new data string one second later is not a retry. > > In such situations, the system integrator would just use the UART in the > default (lossless) mode. And if they don't, they'll have to deal with the > consequences that they chose. Those of us who ship battery-powered Linux > devices are indeed capable of making this choice. Okay, lets see. You're making a battery powered Linux device. It has a standard RS232 serial port available, and you allow users to load 'apps' onto it. Do you run the serial ports in lossless mode? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-omap" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html