There's also a partial fix for the databits and stopbits. I'm unsure how to deal with the logic
around the 'is_cdc' variable, as I can't really follow what it's for.

Moving methods from MainWindow to QGCApplication so that more things
can run without a window. Helpful for testing.

Plus a large number of other changes to allow for orderly shutdown of
objects without crashes or asserts. This is need for unit tests to
create/delete global state around every test.

Centralize all connecting and disconnecting of links through
LinkManager::[Connect|Disconnect]Link api. Connect/Disconnect no longer
allowed through LinkInterface. This allows creation of new
LinkManager::setConnections[Suspended|Allowed] methods to disallow
connections as needed.

This api doesn’t make any sense given the fact that LinkInterface
signals bytesReceived with the bytes in the signal. Also the reason why
it is never called!

Avoid evil port config for CDC devices altogether, non-CDC devices (unknown devices) should be unaffected

Do not configure the port if talking to PX4 units (since USB does not know anything about baud rate)

Converted LinkInterface from a pure-virtual interface into an abstract base class. This centralized the data rate calculation code for all subclasses. Also added the necessary code to provide upstream/downstream data rate calculations for all LinkInterface-derived classes.

Renamed getNominalDataRate to getConnectionSpeed. Also added upstream/downstream data rate functions to all Link classes.

Removed LinkInterface methods which were never being called. Updated various LinkInterface implementation classes to remove the methods. Some methods such as the ones which measure data rates or bits sent/received were implemented in only some of the implementation classes, and in some cases implemented incorrectly. If they were called, the values returned would be incorrect. Although there was some partial implementation for these I removed them as well since in all case they were never being called by any code. In checking Blame, these came across in 2010 and have remained unimplemented since them, so I figure better to clean up than leave crufty, unused, half finished stuff in.

fixed runtime error with a typedef:
QObject::connect: Cannot queue arguments of type
'QSerialPort::SerialPortError'
(Make sure 'QSerialPort::SerialPortError' is registered using
qRegisterMetaType().)

Addition of requestReset to LinkInterface, to allow MavLinkProtocol to detect when connected, but at the wrong baud rate, request a reset.

Changed many functions in the abstract *Link classes to be const. This facilitates setting other functions as const. The metadata for specific links are reset when the links are added.

Changed many functions in the abstract *Link classes to be const. This facilitates setting other functions as const. The metadata for specific links are reset when the links are added.

Minor cleanup, fixed a bug where the serial port would not connect on first application launch on Linux

port has to be closed and deleted in the same thread as it was created. changed the disconnect function

Added not yet working version of logging / log replay, fixed ALL bugs in main window, enabled full persistence in main window and serial link.

Added new options for windows serial port, fixed a number of bugs, added customizing options to instrument widgets

Cleaned up communication structure significantly, should now be easier to add new links. Signal bytesReceived(link, QByteArray) is now only way to pass on newly received data