[Vm-dev] Serial communications: Linux vs. Windows

[Schwab,Wilhelm K]

The linux vm codes stop bits as follows: 0=1.5, 1=1, 2=2.  I have long seen it (on Windows) expressed as 

	ONESTOPBIT := 0.
	ONE5STOPBITS := 1.
	TWOSTOPBITS := 2.

Someone trying to write code that works across platforms will get snagged, at least if using the usual Windows definitions.  Is this something that can/should be done better to make the stop bits as platform-neutral as possible?  What would you change?