Re: [avr-libc-dev] patch for iom162.h - signal name consistency

[E. Weddington]

On 25 Feb 2004 at 22:36, Theodore A. Roth wrote:

> On Tue, 17 Feb 2004, Artur Lipowski wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > This is (iom162_h_p1.patch) my proposal to make m162 USART signal names 
> > consistent with rest of the world.
> > 
> > The second patch (iom162_h_p1.patch) prohibits compilation of code with 
> > old signal names.
> 
> I don't think these will go in.
> 
> I had tried to do this a while back and met some resistance so I dropped it:
> 
>   http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/avr-libc-dev/2002-12/msg00074.html
> 

However, from that thread, there is *strong* support for creating a "generic" 
uart layer over 
this, that way users could create uart code that is compatible across many AVR 
devices. IIRC, 
we all have agreed that that is a Desirable Thing, but noboby has implemented 
it.

Eric