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Diffstat (limited to 'include')
| -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 */ |