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authorChris Liechti <cliechti@gmx.net>2016-05-24 00:09:12 +0200
committerChris Liechti <cliechti@gmx.net>2016-05-24 00:09:12 +0200
commit48e40e978203a3162339ee65e56ba243294493f2 (patch)
tree3722b401fc2584a003f314e979936fc5d307a6b9
parentedb0714d3d96a7a808c7c90451eadcaa8a458736 (diff)
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doc: add note about reset_ouput_buffer and USB devices
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diff --git a/documentation/pyserial_api.rst b/documentation/pyserial_api.rst
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@@ -196,6 +196,9 @@ Native ports
Clear output buffer, aborting the current output and
discarding all that is in the buffer.
+ Note, for some USB serial adapters, this may only flush the buffer of
+ the OS and not all the data that may be present in the USB part.
+
.. versionchanged:: 3.0 renamed from ``flushOutput()``
.. method:: send_break(duration=0.25)