3 files changed, 17 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/cores/arduino/HardwareSerial.cpp b/cores/arduino/HardwareSerial.cpp
index ed29641..29a3366 100644
--- a/cores/arduino/HardwareSerial.cpp
+++ b/cores/arduino/HardwareSerial.cpp
@@ -176,6 +176,21 @@ int HardwareSerial::read(void)
   }
 }
 
+int HardwareSerial::availableForWrite(void)
+{
+#if (SERIAL_TX_BUFFER_SIZE>256)
+  uint8_t oldSREG = SREG;
+  cli();
+#endif
+  tx_buffer_index_t head = _tx_buffer_head;
+  tx_buffer_index_t tail = _tx_buffer_tail;
+#if (SERIAL_TX_BUFFER_SIZE>256)
+  SREG = oldSREG;
+#endif
+  if (head >= tail) return SERIAL_TX_BUFFER_SIZE - 1 - head + tail;
+  return tail - head - 1;
+}
+
 void HardwareSerial::flush()
 {
   // If we have never written a byte, no need to flush. This special
diff --git a/cores/arduino/HardwareSerial.h b/cores/arduino/HardwareSerial.h
index b96e5d0..935934b 100644
--- a/cores/arduino/HardwareSerial.h
+++ b/cores/arduino/HardwareSerial.h
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ class HardwareSerial : public Stream
     virtual int available(void);
     virtual int peek(void);
     virtual int read(void);
+    int availableForWrite(void);
     virtual void flush(void);
     virtual size_t write(uint8_t);
     inline size_t write(unsigned long n) { return write((uint8_t)n); }
diff --git a/cores/arduino/Stream.cpp b/cores/arduino/Stream.cpp
index 39873aa..9c581be 100644
--- a/cores/arduino/Stream.cpp
+++ b/cores/arduino/Stream.cpp
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ void Stream::setTimeout(unsigned long timeout)  // sets the maximum number of mi
  // find returns true if the target string is found
 bool  Stream::find(char *target)
 {
-  return findUntil(target, "");
+  return findUntil(target, (char*)"");
 }
 
 // reads data from the stream until the target string of given length is found