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authorAlan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>2007-11-29 01:21:28 +0100
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>2007-11-29 18:24:52 +0100
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parentTPM: fix TIS device driver locality request (diff)
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termios: document callback more clearly
Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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@@ -132,6 +132,14 @@ set_termios() Notify the tty driver that the device's termios
tty->termios. Previous settings should be passed in
the "old" argument.
+ The API is defined such that the driver should return
+ the actual modes selected. This means that the
+ driver function is responsible for modifying any
+ bits in the request it cannot fulfill to indicate
+ the actual modes being used. A device with no
+ hardware capability for change (eg a USB dongle or
+ virtual port) can provide NULL for this method.
+
throttle() Notify the tty driver that input buffers for the
line discipline are close to full, and it should
somehow signal that no more characters should be