Re: Closing a serial device takes one second

[mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost (Michael van Elst)]

bqt%softjar.se@localhost (Johnny Billquist) writes:

>This whole thread and implementation is broken, I think.
>The driver should keep the DTR low for as long as approriate. But there 
>is no reason why the close should hang on that.

>If you open the port again, while the DTR is low, then the open should 
>block until it is ready. I honestly do not see the point in why this 
>should be tied together with the close call.

I fully agree. However, the issue was that rapidly opening and closing
the device is slowed down. And that's true with either algorithm.