Commit 3ac40b9b authored by Alan Cox's avatar Alan Cox Committed by Linus Torvalds

termios: document callback more clearly

Signed-off-by: default avatarAlan Cox <alan@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
parent 05a462af
...@@ -132,6 +132,14 @@ set_termios() Notify the tty driver that the device's termios ...@@ -132,6 +132,14 @@ set_termios() Notify the tty driver that the device's termios
tty->termios. Previous settings should be passed in tty->termios. Previous settings should be passed in
the "old" argument. 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 throttle() Notify the tty driver that input buffers for the
line discipline are close to full, and it should line discipline are close to full, and it should
somehow signal that no more characters should be somehow signal that no more characters should be
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