add fifo read and write commands
add comments, add a function to set a single byte property
add bits for global config property and fast response register options

mtd: fix some unallocated and NULL pointer issues.  rwb->wrflush and rwb->wrmaxblocks in rwbuffer could get unallocated values from ftl_initialize() in some configurations.  Also fixes related assert:

  up_assert: Assertion failed at file:rwbuffer.c line: 643

that can happen with the following configuration:

  CONFIG_FTL_WRITEBUFFER=y
  CONFIG_DRVR_WRITEBUFFER=y
  # CONFIG_FS_WRITABLE is not set

These problems are caused by CONFIG variable differences between the buffer layers. TODO: This is not a perfect solution. readahead support has similar issues.

When syslog message has addition characters after last new-line. With buffering those now get lost as vsyslog does not flush output after lib_sprintf. Additional trailing characters could be ANSI escape sequence to reset state that message setups. For example, macro here uses colors and resets state after actual message (including '\n'):

With flushing added to vsyslog, then there is problem that next syslog line might come from other task before reset sequence, causing wrong line getting color. This could be avoided by not flushing on '\n' but only if IOB is full and/or at end of vsyslog. Would this make sense?

Moved LIS3DSH from the I2C-dependent block to the SPI-block to make Make.defs consistent with the driver (SPI only) and drivers/sensors/Kconfig.

I discovered a problem in the file drivers/serial/serial.c concerning the function uart_close(…). In the case that a serial device is opened with the flag O_NONBLOCK the function uart_close(…) blocks until all data in the buffer is transmitted. The function close(…) called on an handle opened with O_NONBLOCK should not block. The problem occurred with a CDC/ACM device.

wireless/ieee802154: MRF24J40: Finishes receive functionality, supports promicuous mode, and rxonidle attributes

wireless/ieee802154: Reworks data_ind allocation to include IOB allocation/deallocation. Hides private data.

Also reformat some long lines.

wireless/ieee802154: Removes radio IOCTL.  Starts bringing radio and MAC closer with well-defined interface.

also fix upper half ioctl

wireless/ieee802154: Changes transmit data path to use IOBs and exposes function for getting size of MAC header