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| author | Martin Hunt <hunt@redhat.com> | 2001-12-04 21:44:37 +0000 |
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| committer | Martin Hunt <hunt@redhat.com> | 2001-12-04 21:44:37 +0000 |
| commit | b2d32c6904fc8dc14775bce47e913aabf500b596 (patch) | |
| tree | d91599244798af4cda974a59afa2d4fe51255e44 /gdb/serial.h | |
| parent | 729af1f0d5060d0280bd3944215c9f0e35fdc9fb (diff) | |
| download | gdb-b2d32c6904fc8dc14775bce47e913aabf500b596.tar.gz | |
Add note to serial_open.
Diffstat (limited to 'gdb/serial.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/serial.h | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/serial.h b/gdb/serial.h index a0dbe723acb..97d68f32a04 100644 --- a/gdb/serial.h +++ b/gdb/serial.h @@ -32,7 +32,10 @@ typedef void *serial_ttystate; struct serial; /* Try to open NAME. Returns a new `struct serial *' on success, NULL - on failure. */ + on failure. Note that some open calls can block and, if possible, + should be written to be non-blocking, with calls to ui_look_hook + so they can be cancelled. An async interface for open could be + added to GDB if necessary. */ extern struct serial *serial_open (const char *name); |