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authorK. Richard Pixley <rich@cygnus>1993-08-13 21:47:01 +0000
committerK. Richard Pixley <rich@cygnus>1993-08-13 21:47:01 +0000
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diff --git a/gdb/serial.h b/gdb/serial.h
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+++ b/gdb/serial.h
@@ -116,9 +116,10 @@ serial_t serial_fdopen PARAMS ((int fd));
((*((SERIAL_T)->ops->noflush_set_tty_state)) \
((SERIAL_T), (NEW_TTYSTATE), (OLD_TTYSTATE)))
-/* Read one char from the serial device with TIMEOUT seconds timeout.
- Returns char if ok, else one of the following codes. Note that all
- error codes are guaranteed to be < 0. */
+/* Read one char from the serial device with TIMEOUT seconds to wait
+ or -1 to wait forever. Use timeout of 0 to effect a poll. Returns
+ char if ok, else one of the following codes. Note that all error
+ codes are guaranteed to be < 0. */
#define SERIAL_ERROR -1 /* General error, see errno for details */
#define SERIAL_TIMEOUT -2