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-rw-r--r--Documentation/serial/driver10
-rw-r--r--Documentation/serial/tty.txt60
2 files changed, 48 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/serial/driver b/Documentation/serial/driver
index c415b0ef4..379468e12 100644
--- a/Documentation/serial/driver
+++ b/Documentation/serial/driver
@@ -439,11 +439,13 @@ Modem control lines via GPIO
Some helpers are provided in order to set/get modem control lines via GPIO.
-mctrl_gpio_init(dev, idx):
+mctrl_gpio_init(port, idx):
This will get the {cts,rts,...}-gpios from device tree if they are
present and request them, set direction etc, and return an
allocated structure. devm_* functions are used, so there's no need
to call mctrl_gpio_free().
+ As this sets up the irq handling make sure to not handle changes to the
+ gpio input lines in your driver, too.
mctrl_gpio_free(dev, gpios):
This will free the requested gpios in mctrl_gpio_init().
@@ -458,3 +460,9 @@ mctrl_gpio_set(gpios, mctrl):
mctrl_gpio_get(gpios, mctrl):
This will update mctrl with the gpios values.
+
+mctrl_gpio_enable_ms(gpios):
+ Enables irqs and handling of changes to the ms lines.
+
+mctrl_gpio_disable_ms(gpios):
+ Disables irqs and handling of changes to the ms lines.
diff --git a/Documentation/serial/tty.txt b/Documentation/serial/tty.txt
index 973c8ad3f..bc3842dc3 100644
--- a/Documentation/serial/tty.txt
+++ b/Documentation/serial/tty.txt
@@ -39,8 +39,13 @@ TTY side interfaces:
open() - Called when the line discipline is attached to
the terminal. No other call into the line
discipline for this tty will occur until it
- completes successfully. Returning an error will
- prevent the ldisc from being attached. Can sleep.
+ completes successfully. Should initialize any
+ state needed by the ldisc, and set receive_room
+ in the tty_struct to the maximum amount of data
+ the line discipline is willing to accept from the
+ driver with a single call to receive_buf().
+ Returning an error will prevent the ldisc from
+ being attached. Can sleep.
close() - This is called on a terminal when the line
discipline is being unplugged. At the point of
@@ -52,9 +57,16 @@ hangup() - Called when the tty line is hung up.
No further calls into the ldisc code will occur.
The return value is ignored. Can sleep.
-write() - A process is writing data through the line
- discipline. Multiple write calls are serialized
- by the tty layer for the ldisc. May sleep.
+read() - (optional) A process requests reading data from
+ the line. Multiple read calls may occur in parallel
+ and the ldisc must deal with serialization issues.
+ If not defined, the process will receive an EIO
+ error. May sleep.
+
+write() - (optional) A process requests writing data to the
+ line. Multiple write calls are serialized by the
+ tty layer for the ldisc. If not defined, the
+ process will receive an EIO error. May sleep.
flush_buffer() - (optional) May be called at any point between
open and close, and instructs the line discipline
@@ -69,27 +81,33 @@ set_termios() - (optional) Called on termios structure changes.
termios semaphore so allowed to sleep. Serialized
against itself only.
-read() - Move data from the line discipline to the user.
- Multiple read calls may occur in parallel and the
- ldisc must deal with serialization issues. May
- sleep.
-
-poll() - Check the status for the poll/select calls. Multiple
- poll calls may occur in parallel. May sleep.
+poll() - (optional) Check the status for the poll/select
+ calls. Multiple poll calls may occur in parallel.
+ May sleep.
-ioctl() - Called when an ioctl is handed to the tty layer
- that might be for the ldisc. Multiple ioctl calls
- may occur in parallel. May sleep.
+ioctl() - (optional) Called when an ioctl is handed to the
+ tty layer that might be for the ldisc. Multiple
+ ioctl calls may occur in parallel. May sleep.
-compat_ioctl() - Called when a 32 bit ioctl is handed to the tty layer
- that might be for the ldisc. Multiple ioctl calls
- may occur in parallel. May sleep.
+compat_ioctl() - (optional) Called when a 32 bit ioctl is handed
+ to the tty layer that might be for the ldisc.
+ Multiple ioctl calls may occur in parallel.
+ May sleep.
Driver Side Interfaces:
-receive_buf() - Hand buffers of bytes from the driver to the ldisc
- for processing. Semantics currently rather
- mysterious 8(
+receive_buf() - (optional) Called by the low-level driver to hand
+ a buffer of received bytes to the ldisc for
+ processing. The number of bytes is guaranteed not
+ to exceed the current value of tty->receive_room.
+ All bytes must be processed.
+
+receive_buf2() - (optional) Called by the low-level driver to hand
+ a buffer of received bytes to the ldisc for
+ processing. Returns the number of bytes processed.
+
+ If both receive_buf() and receive_buf2() are
+ defined, receive_buf2() should be preferred.
write_wakeup() - May be called at any point between open and close.
The TTY_DO_WRITE_WAKEUP flag indicates if a call