Re: [rtl] FIFO writes & reads atomic?

["Daniel A. Quist" <dquist@cs.nmt.edu>]

Hello,

> I pass data and commands over an RT fifo from a Linux process.
> I do put the "bytes to follow" as the first 16 bits of each
> command but have never seen a short write. I do two reads for
> each packet, first, two bytes (the length) then the rest of the
> data.  Maybe I am just dumb and lucky.  

Does anyone see any problems, other than speed, to read 1 byte at a time
from an RT device?  We're working on a telemetry system for the New Mexico
Tech solar racing team, and this seems to be a convenient way to gather
the data.  

Thanks in advance,

Danny

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