Gang,
Can anyone tell me why the RT_COM code does hard CLI and push flags
calls to protect the buffer manipulation code? It does this not only in the
read and write routines (where some protection is necessary), but also in
the ISR (where no protection {other than that already afforded by being in
ISR context} should be required).
It would seem to me that the read and write routines could simply
block the associated IRQ with rtl_hard_disable_irq and rtl_hard_enable_irq.
Do these routines not pend interrupts or some such?
On the whole, it seems like a bad idea for the serial port handling
code to be turning off all interrupts for the system while it does its
thing. I am fairly sure the rt_com guys knew what they were doing, I just
don't understand why it was necessary.
Regards,
Steve
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