Summary

• serial.flush() calls termios.tcdrain() internally, which blocks indefinitely on USB CDC ACM devices (e.g. ESP32 T3S3/S3 with TinyUSB) on Linux
• Confirmed on Linux Mint + T3S3 + MeshCore KISS Modem built from upstream/dev
• pyserial's write() already copies data into the kernel USB buffer atomically — no explicit drain is needed

Root Cause

pyserial's Serial.flush() calls termios.tcdrain() on POSIX systems. For native UART devices tcdrain() returns promptly, but USB CDC ACM character devices (backed by TinyUSB on ESP32) do not implement the tcdrain completion signal, causing it to hang indefinitely.

Fix

Replace the flush() try/except block with a comment explaining why it was removed:

# flush()/tcdrain() removed: hangs indefinitely on USB CDC ACM
# (e.g. ESP32 T3S3/S3 with TinyUSB). write() already copies data
# to the kernel USB buffer atomically; no drain needed.

Test Plan

• Connect ESP32 T3S3 via USB CDC ACM (/dev/ttyACM0)
• Run KissModemWrapper.connect() and verify it no longer hangs in _write_frame()
• Confirm frame TX and RX operate normally
• Verify no regression on native UART devices (e.g. /dev/ttyUSB0 with CH340/CP2102)

Tested:

• Linux Mint + ESP32 T3S3 (USB CDC ACM /dev/ttyACM1)
• MeshCore KISS Modem firmware built from upstream/dev branch (commit around 2026-05-23)
• Without fix: hangs indefinitely after "KISS modem connected" log
• With fix: initialization completes, packets received and visible in pyMC_Repeater dashboard