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authorTrond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>2006-07-03 13:49:45 -0400
committerTrond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>2006-07-03 13:49:45 -0400
commit026477c1141b67e98e3bd8bdedb7d4b88a3ecd09 (patch)
tree2624a44924c625c367f3cebf937853b9da2de282 /include/linux/tty_driver.h
parent9f2fa466383ce100b90fe52cb4489d7a26bf72a9 (diff)
parent29454dde27d8e340bb1987bad9aa504af7081eba (diff)
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Merge branch 'master' of /home/trondmy/kernel/linux-2.6/
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/tty_driver.h')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/tty_driver.h14
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/tty_driver.h b/include/linux/tty_driver.h
index b368b296d035..58c961c9e170 100644
--- a/include/linux/tty_driver.h
+++ b/include/linux/tty_driver.h
@@ -157,7 +157,6 @@ struct tty_driver {
struct cdev cdev;
struct module *owner;
const char *driver_name;
- const char *devfs_name;
const char *name;
int name_base; /* offset of printed name */
int major; /* major device number */
@@ -242,8 +241,15 @@ void tty_set_operations(struct tty_driver *driver, struct tty_operations *op);
* is also a promise, if the above case is true, not to signal
* overruns, either.)
*
- * TTY_DRIVER_NO_DEVFS --- if set, do not create devfs entries. This
- * is only used by tty_register_driver().
+ * TTY_DRIVER_DYNAMIC_DEV --- if set, the individual tty devices need
+ * to be registered with a call to tty_register_driver() when the
+ * device is found in the system and unregistered with a call to
+ * tty_unregister_device() so the devices will be show up
+ * properly in sysfs. If not set, driver->num entries will be
+ * created by the tty core in sysfs when tty_register_driver() is
+ * called. This is to be used by drivers that have tty devices
+ * that can appear and disappear while the main tty driver is
+ * registered with the tty core.
*
* TTY_DRIVER_DEVPTS_MEM -- don't use the standard arrays, instead
* use dynamic memory keyed through the devpts filesystem. This
@@ -252,7 +258,7 @@ void tty_set_operations(struct tty_driver *driver, struct tty_operations *op);
#define TTY_DRIVER_INSTALLED 0x0001
#define TTY_DRIVER_RESET_TERMIOS 0x0002
#define TTY_DRIVER_REAL_RAW 0x0004
-#define TTY_DRIVER_NO_DEVFS 0x0008
+#define TTY_DRIVER_DYNAMIC_DEV 0x0008
#define TTY_DRIVER_DEVPTS_MEM 0x0010
/* tty driver types */