Re: [rtl] how do i empty the FIFO???

[S.Raaijmakers]

On Mon, 16 Nov 1998, Dan Reznik wrote:

> after i stop an rt-process with rt_suspend, how can i clear the FIFO
> queues used by the rt-process (so next time i start the process with
> rt_make_periodic) i am sure not to read() any packets from theprevious
> batch???
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 Can't you just read out the fifo until it's empty, prior to each measurement??  That is: if it's 4000 bytes, you just read 4000 bytes which should clear it.

Sander Raaijmakers
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University of Twente, The Netherlands
Department of Electrical Engineering
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