On Wed, Aug 05, 2015 at 11:05:56AM +0100, Laszlo Papp wrote: > Hi, > > The code below reproduces the issue. The code is intentionally kept > small, so it deliberately does not have error checking, et al. > > Now, my concern is that it blocks for the write operation if the cable > is disconnected. This is not inline with the /dev/ttyS* operation, for > instance. They would not block if I disconnected the serial cable. > > Is this a bug or feature? :-) If it turns out to be a feature, is it > better to use O_NONBLOCK if one does not want to use pthreads, etc? > > #include <sys/types.h> > #include <sys/stat.h> > #include <fcntl.h> > > int main() > { > const char buf[] = "Hello World!\n"; > int fd = open("/dev/ttyGS0", O_RDWR | O_NONBLOCK); This line discipline is very different from the "traditional" tty line discipline, so it might not know anything about cable removals. good luck, greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-serial" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html