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| author | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> | 2005-06-20 21:15:16 -0700 |
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| committer | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> | 2006-06-26 12:25:09 -0700 |
| commit | 331b831983f9d706f4a40d08a996d5c2c7a6ea7b (patch) | |
| tree | 9d47d5f8d6f882d26c8deade0e44442cebf2e288 /include/linux/tty_driver.h | |
| parent | f4eaa37017a5a68f67ef86729508022c13fb8e6d (diff) | |
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[PATCH] devfs: Rename TTY_DRIVER_NO_DEVFS to TTY_DRIVER_DYNAMIC_DEV
I've always found this flag confusing. Now that devfs is no longer around, it
has been renamed, and the documentation for when this flag should be used has
been updated.
Also fixes all drivers that use this flag.
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/tty_driver.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/tty_driver.h | 13 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/tty_driver.h b/include/linux/tty_driver.h index 0bd31f0830f9..58c961c9e170 100644 --- a/include/linux/tty_driver.h +++ b/include/linux/tty_driver.h @@ -241,8 +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 @@ -251,7 +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 */ |