On Jun 7, 2010, at 12:21 AM, Xiaohui Liu wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> Why is it necessary to call UartPacket.clear(msg) in uartSendTask() task of 
> BaseStationP? I don't see why uart message header has to be reset to be all 
> zero, which is exactly what UartPacket.clear() does. Thanks.

Because that message buffer might have been used for other things; rather than 
leave pre-set bits, they should be cleared. This is less of an issue for a UART 
message than for, say, a 802.15.4 message. Miklos led a discussion on this a 
few years ago.

Phil
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