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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2018-08-18 10:50:41 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2018-08-18 10:50:41 -0700
commit336722eb9d9732c5a497fb6299bf38cde413592b (patch)
tree3b547c3bb7ec0d6dcc8d915e6b76a4f12e2f7bff /Documentation/admin-guide
parentMerge tag 'usb-4.19-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/usb (diff)
parenttty: serial: 8250: Revert NXP SC16C2552 workaround (diff)
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Merge tag 'tty-4.19-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/tty
Pull tty/serial driver updates from Greg KH: "Here is the big tty and serial driver pull request for 4.19-rc1. It's not all that big, just a number of small serial driver updates and fixes, along with some better vt handling for unicode characters for those using braille terminals. All of these patches have been in linux-next for a long time with no reported issues" * tag 'tty-4.19-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/tty: (73 commits) tty: serial: 8250: Revert NXP SC16C2552 workaround serial: 8250_exar: Read INT0 from slave device, too tty: rocket: Fix possible buffer overwrite on register_PCI serial: 8250_dw: Add ACPI support for uart on Broadcom SoC serial: 8250_dw: always set baud rate in dw8250_set_termios dt-bindings: serial: Add binding for uartlite tty: serial: uartlite: Add support for suspend and resume tty: serial: uartlite: Add clock adaptation tty: serial: uartlite: Add structure for private data serial: sh-sci: Improve support for separate TEI and DRI interrupts serial: sh-sci: Remove SCIx_RZ_SCIFA_REGTYPE serial: sh-sci: Allow for compressed SCIF address serial: sh-sci: Improve interrupts description serial: 8250: Use cached port name directly in messages serial: 8250_exar: Drop unused variable in pci_xr17v35x_setup() vt: drop unused struct vt_struct vt: avoid a VLA in the unicode screen scroll function vt: add /dev/vcsu* to devices.txt vt: coherence validation code for the unicode screen buffer vt: selection: take screen contents from uniscr if available ...
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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/devices.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/devices.txt
index 4ec843123cc3..1649117e6087 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/devices.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/devices.txt
@@ -173,14 +173,18 @@
they are redirected through the parport multiplex layer.
7 char Virtual console capture devices
- 0 = /dev/vcs Current vc text contents
- 1 = /dev/vcs1 tty1 text contents
+ 0 = /dev/vcs Current vc text (glyph) contents
+ 1 = /dev/vcs1 tty1 text (glyph) contents
...
- 63 = /dev/vcs63 tty63 text contents
- 128 = /dev/vcsa Current vc text/attribute contents
- 129 = /dev/vcsa1 tty1 text/attribute contents
+ 63 = /dev/vcs63 tty63 text (glyph) contents
+ 64 = /dev/vcsu Current vc text (unicode) contents
+ 65 = /dev/vcsu1 tty1 text (unicode) contents
...
- 191 = /dev/vcsa63 tty63 text/attribute contents
+ 127 = /dev/vcsu63 tty63 text (unicode) contents
+ 128 = /dev/vcsa Current vc text/attribute (glyph) contents
+ 129 = /dev/vcsa1 tty1 text/attribute (glyph) contents
+ ...
+ 191 = /dev/vcsa63 tty63 text/attribute (glyph) contents
NOTE: These devices permit both read and write access.