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From: lucio@proxima.alt.za
To: 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: Re: [9fans] usb/serial control open
Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 07:04:11 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <cbf2ca6e1961097b3a91d01a64e58381@proxima.alt.za> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20140324004134.673DBB827@mail.bitblocks.com>

> The issue is program A can leave things in non-working order
> and program B running after A has to deal with this. This is
> no different from bringing up a system in a known good state.

I think I'd rather be able to have a preceding program be able to set
up the interface and leave it than cater for possible failures and
needing all serial handling programs, irrespective of their
application, needing to go through the set up motions.  I'm with Erik
on this one.

++L





  reply	other threads:[~2014-03-23  5:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-03-23 18:09 erik quanstrom
2014-03-23 18:34 ` Gorka Guardiola
2014-03-23 18:55   ` erik quanstrom
2014-03-23 19:47     ` Gorka Guardiola
2014-03-23 19:55       ` Gorka Guardiola
2014-03-23 20:32         ` erik quanstrom
2014-03-23 21:08           ` Gorka Guardiola
2014-03-24  1:49             ` erik quanstrom
2014-03-23 21:32           ` Bakul Shah
2014-03-23 21:53             ` erik quanstrom
2014-03-23 22:02               ` Bakul Shah
2014-03-24  0:32                 ` erik quanstrom
2014-03-24  0:41                   ` Bakul Shah
2014-03-23  5:04                     ` lucio [this message]
2014-03-23 19:53   ` Gorka Guardiola

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