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authorThomas Quinot <quinot@adacore.com>2008-08-08 14:37:51 +0200
committerArnaud Charlet <charlet@gcc.gnu.org>2008-08-08 14:37:51 +0200
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2008-08-08 Thomas Quinot <quinot@adacore.com>
* g-sercom.ads: (Name): Document application scope (only legacy PC serial ports on Linux and Windows). From-SVN: r138873
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@@ -45,7 +45,11 @@ package GNAT.Serial_Communications is
-- A serial com port name
function Name (Number : Positive) return Port_Name;
- -- Returns the port name for the given port number
+ -- Returns a possible port name for the given legacy PC architecture serial
+ -- port number (COM<number>: on Windows, ttyS<number-1> on Linux).
+ -- Note that this function does not support other kinds of serial ports
+ -- nor operating systems other than Windows and Linux. For all other
+ -- cases, an explicit port name can be passed directly to Open.
type Data_Rate is
(B1200, B2400, B4800, B9600, B19200, B38400, B57600, B115200);