摘要 |
A method and apparatus for sharing a serial port is disclosed. In the following description, for purposes of explanation, specific nomenclature is set forth to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. However, it will be apparent to one skilled in the art that these specific details are not required in order to practice the present invention. For example, the present invention has been described with reference to a serial port that is shared between an infrared sniffer program and application programs. However, the same techniques can easily be applied to other types of computer hardware resources and other types of programs that need frequent access to a scarce computer hardware resource.
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