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21 years ago

How to set stdin to nonblocking

How do I set nonblocking mode for stdin (a standard uart) using the HAL? After wading through hunderds of pages of useless Altera info and library sources, I still can't find that simple piece of...
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21 years ago

Apparently you have a newer version of the handbook, as page 60 describes lseek and open is not described; searching for NONBLOCK gives no hits. I should have checked for updates http://forum.niosforum.com/work2/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif

I got it more or less working now; I have to combine the data from/to the UART with an EPP port http://forum.niosforum.com/work2/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/blink.gif

About the rant, it just was one of those days nothing seems to work. For the rest, I&#39;m a happy Altera customer.

Thanks,

Jeroen