linux-kernel - Re: serial device and fsync

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Date:	Mon, 25 May 2009 16:50:26 +0300
From:	Ramagudi Naziir <naziirr@...il.com>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: serial device and fsync

On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 4:36 PM, Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:
> Most hardware UARTs actually can't do this but the kernel will do its
> best. The POSIX interface you want is tcdrain(fd). Quite why POSIX didn't
> use fsync is a very good question.

Thank you so much !

>
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