From 4ae3519c4ef97d6966122237a5ebc7b7c55583ad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mike Black W9MDB <mdblack98@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 27 May 2023 15:13:22 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Revert "Allow generic_read_string to terminate on
 expected_len"

This reverts commit 00b6e0ecd72104d1c074e78ba3ddb87569ac1e19.
---
 src/iofunc.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/iofunc.c b/src/iofunc.c
index e0d746cc6..2e37fb227 100644
--- a/src/iofunc.c
+++ b/src/iofunc.c
@@ -1336,11 +1336,12 @@ static int read_string_generic(hamlib_port_t *p,
     memset(rxbuffer, 0, rxmax);
 
     short timeout_retries = p->timeout_retry;
-    while ( total_count < expected_len && total_count < rxmax - 1) // allow 1 byte for end-of-string
+    while (total_count < rxmax - 1) // allow 1 byte for end-of-string
     {
         ssize_t rd_count = 0;
         int result;
         result = port_wait_for_data(p, direct);
+
         if (result == -RIG_ETIMEOUT)
         {
             if (timeout_retries > 0)