2 files changed, 23 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/host/include/uhd/types/serial.hpp b/host/include/uhd/types/serial.hpp
index cf7e494f9..8a5ed1c32 100644
--- a/host/include/uhd/types/serial.hpp
+++ b/host/include/uhd/types/serial.hpp
@@ -175,6 +175,28 @@ namespace uhd{
         );
     };
 
+    /*!
+     * UART interface to write and read bytes.
+     */
+    class UHD_API uart_iface{
+    public:
+        typedef boost::shared_ptr<uart_iface> sptr;
+
+        /*!
+         * Write to a serial port.
+         * \param dev which UART to write to
+         * \param buf the data to write
+         */
+        virtual void write_uart(boost::uint8_t dev, const std::string &buf) = 0;
+
+        /*!
+         * Read from a serial port.
+         * \param dev which UART to read from
+         * \return the data read from the serial port
+         */
+        virtual std::string read_uart(boost::uint8_t dev) = 0;
+    };
+
 } //namespace uhd
 
 #endif /* INCLUDED_UHD_TYPES_SERIAL_HPP */
diff --git a/host/include/uhd/usrp/mboard_iface.hpp b/host/include/uhd/usrp/mboard_iface.hpp
index 784fbc7c5..bbee8f2de 100644
--- a/host/include/uhd/usrp/mboard_iface.hpp
+++ b/host/include/uhd/usrp/mboard_iface.hpp
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ namespace uhd{ namespace usrp{
  * Provides a set of functions to implementation layer.
  * Including spi, peek, poke, control...
  */
-class mboard_iface : public uhd::i2c_iface, public uhd::spi_iface {
+class mboard_iface : public uhd::i2c_iface, public uhd::spi_iface, public uhd::uart_iface {
 public:
     typedef boost::shared_ptr<mboard_iface> sptr;
     /*!
@@ -64,20 +64,6 @@ public:
      */
     virtual boost::uint16_t peek16(boost::uint32_t addr) = 0;
 
-    /*!
-     * Write to a serial port.
-     * \param dev which UART to write to
-     * \param buf the data to write
-     */
-    virtual void write_uart(boost::uint8_t dev, const std::string &buf) = 0;
-
-    /*!
-     * Read from a serial port.
-     * \param dev which UART to read from
-     * \return the data read from the serial port
-     */
-    virtual std::string read_uart(boost::uint8_t dev) = 0;
-
 };
 
 }}