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-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/goldfish/tty.txt17
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/brcm,bcm2835-aux-uart.txt18
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/renesas,sci-serial.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/tty/serial/mvebu-uart.txt13
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/devpts.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/serial/tty.txt3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt1
8 files changed, 66 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/goldfish/tty.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/goldfish/tty.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..82648278da77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/goldfish/tty.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+Android Goldfish TTY
+
+Android goldfish tty device generated by android emulator.
+
+Required properties:
+
+- compatible : should contain "google,goldfish-tty" to match emulator
+- reg : <registers mapping>
+- interrupts : <interrupt mapping>
+
+Example:
+
+ goldfish_tty@1f004000 {
+ compatible = "google,goldfish-tty";
+ reg = <0x1f004000 0x1000>;
+ interrupts = <0xc>;
+ };
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/brcm,bcm2835-aux-uart.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/brcm,bcm2835-aux-uart.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b5cc6297cd1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/brcm,bcm2835-aux-uart.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+* BCM2835 AUXILIAR UART
+
+Required properties:
+
+- compatible: "brcm,bcm2835-aux-uart"
+- reg: The base address of the UART register bank.
+- interrupts: A single interrupt specifier.
+- clocks: Clock driving the hardware; used to figure out the baud rate
+ divisor.
+
+Example:
+
+ uart1: serial@7e215040 {
+ compatible = "brcm,bcm2835-aux-uart";
+ reg = <0x7e215040 0x40>;
+ interrupts = <1 29>;
+ clocks = <&aux BCM2835_AUX_CLOCK_UART>;
+ };
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/renesas,sci-serial.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/renesas,sci-serial.txt
index 401b1b33c2c4..528c3b90f23c 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/renesas,sci-serial.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/renesas,sci-serial.txt
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ Required properties:
- "renesas,scifa-r8a7791" for R8A7791 (R-Car M2-W) SCIFA compatible UART.
- "renesas,scifb-r8a7791" for R8A7791 (R-Car M2-W) SCIFB compatible UART.
- "renesas,hscif-r8a7791" for R8A7791 (R-Car M2-W) HSCIF compatible UART.
+ - "renesas,scif-r8a7792" for R8A7792 (R-Car V2H) SCIF compatible UART.
+ - "renesas,hscif-r8a7792" for R8A7792 (R-Car V2H) HSCIF compatible UART.
- "renesas,scif-r8a7793" for R8A7793 (R-Car M2-N) SCIF compatible UART.
- "renesas,scifa-r8a7793" for R8A7793 (R-Car M2-N) SCIFA compatible UART.
- "renesas,scifb-r8a7793" for R8A7793 (R-Car M2-N) SCIFB compatible UART.
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/tty/serial/mvebu-uart.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/tty/serial/mvebu-uart.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6087defd9f93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/tty/serial/mvebu-uart.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+* Marvell UART : Non standard UART used in some of Marvell EBU SoCs (e.g., Armada-3700)
+
+Required properties:
+- compatible: "marvell,armada-3700-uart"
+- reg: offset and length of the register set for the device.
+- interrupts: device interrupt
+
+Example:
+ serial@12000 {
+ compatible = "marvell,armada-3700-uart";
+ reg = <0x12000 0x400>;
+ interrupts = <43>;
+ };
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/devpts.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/devpts.txt
index 68dffd87f9b7..30d2fcb32f72 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/devpts.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/devpts.txt
@@ -51,6 +51,15 @@ where 'ns_exec -cm /bin/bash' calls clone() with CLONE_NEWNS flag and execs
/bin/bash in the child process. A pty created by the sshd is not visible in
the original mount of /dev/pts.
+Total count of pty pairs in all instances is limited by sysctls:
+kernel.pty.max = 4096 - global limit
+kernel.pty.reserve = 1024 - reserve for initial instance
+kernel.pty.nr - current count of ptys
+
+Per-instance limit could be set by adding mount option "max=<count>".
+This feature was added in kernel 3.4 together with sysctl kernel.pty.reserve.
+In kernels older than 3.4 sysctl kernel.pty.max works as per-instance limit.
+
User-space changes
------------------
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index def479154d59..85b280de7aa8 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1064,6 +1064,12 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
A valid base address must be provided, and the serial
port must already be setup and configured.
+ armada3700_uart,<addr>
+ Start an early, polled-mode console on the
+ Armada 3700 serial port at the specified
+ address. The serial port must already be setup
+ and configured. Options are not yet supported.
+
earlyprintk= [X86,SH,BLACKFIN,ARM,M68k]
earlyprintk=vga
earlyprintk=efi
diff --git a/Documentation/serial/tty.txt b/Documentation/serial/tty.txt
index bc3842dc323a..798cba82c762 100644
--- a/Documentation/serial/tty.txt
+++ b/Documentation/serial/tty.txt
@@ -72,9 +72,6 @@ flush_buffer() - (optional) May be called at any point between
open and close, and instructs the line discipline
to empty its input buffer.
-chars_in_buffer() - (optional) Report the number of bytes in the input
- buffer.
-
set_termios() - (optional) Called on termios structure changes.
The caller passes the old termios data and the
current data is in the tty. Called under the
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
index f4444c94ff28..57653a44b128 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ show up in /proc/sys/kernel:
- printk_delay
- printk_ratelimit
- printk_ratelimit_burst
+- pty ==> Documentation/filesystems/devpts.txt
- randomize_va_space
- real-root-dev ==> Documentation/initrd.txt
- reboot-cmd [ SPARC only ]