libserial-newlnx: ASYNC_LOW_LATENCY patch reverted Reports from Das Signal indicate that loadtools performance on Debian is about the same as on Slackware, and that including or omitting the ASYNC_LOW_LATENCY patch from Serg makes no difference. Because the patch in question does not appear to be necessary, it is being reverted until and unless someone other than Serg reports an actual real-world system on which loadtools operation times are slowed compared to the Mother's Slackware reference and on which Slackware-like performance can be restored by setting the ASYNC_LOW_LATENCY flag.

/*
 * The interactive command entry (editing) function in libcommon
 * will call mygetchar() for its character input.  It is supposed
 * to be a blocking wait for input, but in some programs other
 * processing can be done while waiting - for example, check for
 * keypad presses as well.  This is the basic version which waits
 * for serial input and nothing else - specific programs can
 * override it if necessary, but this library version is the default.
 */

extern int serial_in_poll();

int
mygetchar()
{
	register int c;

	do
		c = serial_in_poll();
	while (c < 0);
	return c;
}