From be2d03b02ac124ad1661a245916062e1366b794a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Barker <pbarker@barker.dropbear.id.au>
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2020 17:24:22 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] AP_HAL_SITL: periodically warn about failure to open real
 UART device

---
 libraries/AP_HAL_SITL/UARTDriver.cpp | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/libraries/AP_HAL_SITL/UARTDriver.cpp b/libraries/AP_HAL_SITL/UARTDriver.cpp
index acb235de14..b373cc1329 100644
--- a/libraries/AP_HAL_SITL/UARTDriver.cpp
+++ b/libraries/AP_HAL_SITL/UARTDriver.cpp
@@ -515,6 +515,11 @@ void UARTDriver::_uart_start_connection(void)
     if (!_connected) {
         _fd = ::open(_uart_path, O_RDWR | O_CLOEXEC);
         if (_fd == -1) {
+            static uint32_t last_error_print_ms;
+            if (AP_HAL::millis() - last_error_print_ms > 5000) {
+                ::printf("Failed to open (%s): %s\n", _uart_path, strerror(errno));
+                last_error_print_ms = AP_HAL::millis();
+            }
             return;
         }
         // use much smaller buffer sizes on real UARTs