Merge tag 'tty-3.16-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/tty into next

Pull tty/serial driver updates from Greg KH:
 "Here is the big tty / serial driver pull request for 3.16-rc1.

  A variety of different serial driver fixes and updates and additions,
  nothing huge, and no real major core tty changes at all.

  All have been in linux-next for a while"

* tag 'tty-3.16-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/tty: (84 commits)
  Revert "serial: imx: remove the DMA wait queue"
  serial: kgdb_nmi: Improve console integration with KDB I/O
  serial: kgdb_nmi: Switch from tasklets to real timers
  serial: kgdb_nmi: Use container_of() to locate private data
  serial: cpm_uart: No LF conversion in put_poll_char()
  serial: sirf: Fix compilation failure
  console: Remove superfluous readonly check
  console: Use explicit pointer type for vc_uni_pagedir* fields
  vgacon: Fix & cleanup refcounting
  ARM: tty: Move HVC DCC assembly to arch/arm
  tty/hvc/hvc_console: Fix wakeup of HVC thread on hvc_kick()
  drivers/tty/n_hdlc.c: replace kmalloc/memset by kzalloc
  vt: emulate 8- and 24-bit colour codes.
  printk/of_serial: fix serial console cessation part way through boot.
  serial: 8250_dma: check the result of TX buffer mapping
  serial: uart: add hw flow control support configuration
  tty/serial: at91: add interrupts for modem control lines
  tty/serial: at91: use mctrl_gpio helpers
  tty/serial: Add GPIOLIB helpers for controlling modem lines
  ARM: at91: gpio: implement get_direction
  ...

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/serial_core.h b/include/linux/serial_core.h
index f729be981da..7a15b5b24c0 100644
--- a/include/linux/serial_core.h
+++ b/include/linux/serial_core.h
@@ -285,6 +285,22 @@ static inline int uart_poll_timeout(struct uart_port *port)
 /*
  * Console helpers.
  */
+struct earlycon_device {
+	struct console *con;
+	struct uart_port port;
+	char options[16];		/* e.g., 115200n8 */
+	unsigned int baud;
+};
+int setup_earlycon(char *buf, const char *match,
+		   int (*setup)(struct earlycon_device *, const char *));
+
+#define EARLYCON_DECLARE(name, func) \
+static int __init name ## _setup_earlycon(char *buf) \
+{ \
+	return setup_earlycon(buf, __stringify(name), func); \
+} \
+early_param("earlycon", name ## _setup_earlycon);
+
 struct uart_port *uart_get_console(struct uart_port *ports, int nr,
 				   struct console *c);
 void uart_parse_options(char *options, int *baud, int *parity, int *bits,