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-rw-r--r--Documentation/arm/Samsung-S3C24XX/Overview.txt41
-rw-r--r--Documentation/serial/driver66
2 files changed, 97 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/arm/Samsung-S3C24XX/Overview.txt b/Documentation/arm/Samsung-S3C24XX/Overview.txt
index 3af4d29a8938..89aa89d526ac 100644
--- a/Documentation/arm/Samsung-S3C24XX/Overview.txt
+++ b/Documentation/arm/Samsung-S3C24XX/Overview.txt
@@ -81,7 +81,8 @@ Adding New Machines
Any large scale modifications, or new drivers should be discussed
on the ARM kernel mailing list (linux-arm-kernel) before being
- attempted.
+ attempted. See http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/mailinglists/ for the
+ mailing list information.
NAND
@@ -120,6 +121,43 @@ Clock Management
various clock units
+Platform Data
+-------------
+
+ Whenever a device has platform specific data that is specified
+ on a per-machine basis, care should be taken to ensure the
+ following:
+
+ 1) that default data is not left in the device to confuse the
+ driver if a machine does not set it at startup
+
+ 2) the data should (if possible) be marked as __initdata,
+ to ensure that the data is thrown away if the machine is
+ not the one currently in use.
+
+ The best way of doing this is to make a function that
+ kmalloc()s an area of memory, and copies the __initdata
+ and then sets the relevant device's platform data. Making
+ the function `__init` takes care of ensuring it is discarded
+ with the rest of the initialisation code
+
+ static __init void s3c24xx_xxx_set_platdata(struct xxx_data *pd)
+ {
+ struct s3c2410_xxx_mach_info *npd;
+
+ npd = kmalloc(sizeof(struct s3c2410_xxx_mach_info), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (npd) {
+ memcpy(npd, pd, sizeof(struct s3c2410_xxx_mach_info));
+ s3c_device_xxx.dev.platform_data = npd;
+ } else {
+ printk(KERN_ERR "no memory for xxx platform data\n");
+ }
+ }
+
+ Note, since the code is marked as __init, it should not be
+ exported outside arch/arm/mach-s3c2410/, or exported to
+ modules via EXPORT_SYMBOL() and related functions.
+
Port Contributors
-----------------
@@ -149,6 +187,7 @@ Document Changes
06 Mar 2005 - BJD - Added Christer Weinigel
08 Mar 2005 - BJD - Added LCVR to list of people, updated introduction
08 Mar 2005 - BJD - Added section on adding machines
+ 09 Sep 2005 - BJD - Added section on platform data
Document Author
---------------
diff --git a/Documentation/serial/driver b/Documentation/serial/driver
index 87856d3cfb67..42ef9970bc86 100644
--- a/Documentation/serial/driver
+++ b/Documentation/serial/driver
@@ -116,12 +116,15 @@ hardware.
line becoming inactive or the tty layer indicating we want
to stop transmission due to an XOFF character.
+ The driver should stop transmitting characters as soon as
+ possible.
+
Locking: port->lock taken.
Interrupts: locally disabled.
This call must not sleep
start_tx(port)
- start transmitting characters.
+ Start transmitting characters.
Locking: port->lock taken.
Interrupts: locally disabled.
@@ -281,26 +284,31 @@ hardware.
Other functions
---------------
-uart_update_timeout(port,cflag,quot)
+uart_update_timeout(port,cflag,baud)
Update the FIFO drain timeout, port->timeout, according to the
- number of bits, parity, stop bits and quotient.
+ number of bits, parity, stop bits and baud rate.
Locking: caller is expected to take port->lock
Interrupts: n/a
-uart_get_baud_rate(port,termios)
+uart_get_baud_rate(port,termios,old,min,max)
Return the numeric baud rate for the specified termios, taking
account of the special 38400 baud "kludge". The B0 baud rate
is mapped to 9600 baud.
+ If the baud rate is not within min..max, then if old is non-NULL,
+ the original baud rate will be tried. If that exceeds the
+ min..max constraint, 9600 baud will be returned. termios will
+ be updated to the baud rate in use.
+
+ Note: min..max must always allow 9600 baud to be selected.
+
Locking: caller dependent.
Interrupts: n/a
-uart_get_divisor(port,termios,oldtermios)
- Return the divsor (baud_base / baud) for the selected baud rate
- specified by termios. If the baud rate is out of range, try
- the original baud rate specified by oldtermios (if non-NULL).
- If that fails, try 9600 baud.
+uart_get_divisor(port,baud)
+ Return the divsor (baud_base / baud) for the specified baud
+ rate, appropriately rounded.
If 38400 baud and custom divisor is selected, return the
custom divisor instead.
@@ -308,6 +316,46 @@ uart_get_divisor(port,termios,oldtermios)
Locking: caller dependent.
Interrupts: n/a
+uart_match_port(port1,port2)
+ This utility function can be used to determine whether two
+ uart_port structures describe the same port.
+
+ Locking: n/a
+ Interrupts: n/a
+
+uart_write_wakeup(port)
+ A driver is expected to call this function when the number of
+ characters in the transmit buffer have dropped below a threshold.
+
+ Locking: port->lock should be held.
+ Interrupts: n/a
+
+uart_register_driver(drv)
+ Register a uart driver with the core driver. We in turn register
+ with the tty layer, and initialise the core driver per-port state.
+
+ drv->port should be NULL, and the per-port structures should be
+ registered using uart_add_one_port after this call has succeeded.
+
+ Locking: none
+ Interrupts: enabled
+
+uart_unregister_driver()
+ Remove all references to a driver from the core driver. The low
+ level driver must have removed all its ports via the
+ uart_remove_one_port() if it registered them with uart_add_one_port().
+
+ Locking: none
+ Interrupts: enabled
+
+uart_suspend_port()
+
+uart_resume_port()
+
+uart_add_one_port()
+
+uart_remove_one_port()
+
Other notes
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