MK>  Try it, I did.

Me too;  and I still don't agree.

 MK> Nope.  If I can wait 15 seconds for a certain number of bytes before a
 MK> timeout condition will exist, I tell the driver to wait for 15 seconds.

So you're constantly reprogramming the timeout period?  Ouch.

 MK> The comm driver is already doing i/o in another thread, Peter -- adding

You're calling the ISR a thread?

 MK> There's no shame in your being wrong here, Peter.

I have no problem admitting when I am wrong,  and have done so plenty of times here.

Let's agree to disagree.

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