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diff --git a/Documentation/serial/driver b/Documentation/serial/driver index 65de49a4b39e..03369d076ca2 100644 --- a/Documentation/serial/driver +++ b/Documentation/serial/driver @@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ The serial core provides a few helper functions. This includes identifing the correct port structure (via uart_get_console) and decoding command line arguments (uart_parse_options). +There is also a helper function (uart_console_write) which performs a +character by character write, translating newlines to CRLF sequences. +Driver writers are recommended to use this function rather than implementing +their own version. + Locking ------- |