+/**
+ * Create/allocate a new sr_serial_port structure.
+ *
+ * @param name The OS dependent name of the serial port. Must not be NULL.
+ * @param description An end user friendly description for the serial port.
+ * Can be NULL (in that case the empty string is used
+ * as description).
+ *
+ * @return The newly allocated sr_serial_port struct.
+ */