From d2f3b761322cf40c1f2cfef3fd635c34d68a6986 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ivan Kravets <me@ikravets.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2016 23:42:43 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix error with non unicode chars in serial port description

---
 examples/wiring-blink/.gitignore | 1 +
 platformio/__init__.py           | 2 +-
 platformio/util.py               | 3 ++-
 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/examples/wiring-blink/.gitignore b/examples/wiring-blink/.gitignore
index 9984610a..5402c188 100644
--- a/examples/wiring-blink/.gitignore
+++ b/examples/wiring-blink/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 .pioenvs
 .clang_complete
+.gcc-flags.json
diff --git a/platformio/__init__.py b/platformio/__init__.py
index b334f36b..78e2efe3 100644
--- a/platformio/__init__.py
+++ b/platformio/__init__.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 import sys
 
-VERSION = (2, 8, "0.dev3")
+VERSION = (2, 8, "0.dev4")
 __version__ = ".".join([str(s) for s in VERSION])
 
 __title__ = "platformio"
diff --git a/platformio/util.py b/platformio/util.py
index 93289c67..63a605f7 100644
--- a/platformio/util.py
+++ b/platformio/util.py
@@ -272,7 +272,8 @@ def get_serialports():
         from serial.tools.list_ports import comports
     except ImportError:
         raise exception.GetSerialPortsError(os.name)
-    result = [{"port": p, "description": d, "hwid": h}
+    result = [{"port": p, "description": unicode(d, errors='ignore'),
+               "hwid": h}
               for p, d, h in comports() if p]
     # fix for PySerial
     if not result and system() == "Darwin":