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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>2006-06-29 14:19:21 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>2006-06-29 14:19:21 -0700
commit602cada851b28c5792339786efe872fbdc1f5d41 (patch)
tree233d474b74d6038b5bb54a07ad91dd1bb10b0218 /include/linux/tty_driver.h
parent82991c6f2c361acc17279b8124d9bf1878973435 (diff)
parentfee68d1cc0d9bd863e51c16cdcd707737b16bb38 (diff)
Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/devfs-2.6
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/devfs-2.6: (22 commits) [PATCH] devfs: Remove it from the feature_removal.txt file [PATCH] devfs: Last little devfs cleanups throughout the kernel tree. [PATCH] devfs: Rename TTY_DRIVER_NO_DEVFS to TTY_DRIVER_DYNAMIC_DEV [PATCH] devfs: Remove the tty_driver devfs_name field as it's no longer needed [PATCH] devfs: Remove the line_driver devfs_name field as it's no longer needed [PATCH] devfs: Remove the videodevice devfs_name field as it's no longer needed [PATCH] devfs: Remove the gendisk devfs_name field as it's no longer needed [PATCH] devfs: Remove the miscdevice devfs_name field as it's no longer needed [PATCH] devfs: Remove the devfs_fs_kernel.h file from the tree [PATCH] devfs: Remove devfs_remove() function from the kernel tree [PATCH] devfs: Remove devfs_mk_cdev() function from the kernel tree [PATCH] devfs: Remove devfs_mk_bdev() function from the kernel tree [PATCH] devfs: Remove devfs_mk_symlink() function from the kernel tree [PATCH] devfs: Remove devfs_mk_dir() function from the kernel tree [PATCH] devfs: Remove devfs_*_tape() functions from the kernel tree [PATCH] devfs: Remove devfs support from the sound subsystem [PATCH] devfs: Remove devfs support from the ide subsystem. [PATCH] devfs: Remove devfs support from the serial subsystem [PATCH] devfs: Remove devfs from the init code [PATCH] devfs: Remove devfs from the partition code ...
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/tty_driver.h')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/tty_driver.h14
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/tty_driver.h b/include/linux/tty_driver.h
index b368b296d03..58c961c9e17 100644
--- a/include/linux/tty_driver.h
+++ b/include/linux/tty_driver.h
@@ -157,7 +157,6 @@ struct tty_driver {
struct cdev cdev;
struct module *owner;
const char *driver_name;
- const char *devfs_name;
const char *name;
int name_base; /* offset of printed name */
int major; /* major device number */
@@ -242,8 +241,15 @@ void tty_set_operations(struct tty_driver *driver, struct tty_operations *op);
* is also a promise, if the above case is true, not to signal
* overruns, either.)
*
- * TTY_DRIVER_NO_DEVFS --- if set, do not create devfs entries. This
- * is only used by tty_register_driver().
+ * TTY_DRIVER_DYNAMIC_DEV --- if set, the individual tty devices need
+ * to be registered with a call to tty_register_driver() when the
+ * device is found in the system and unregistered with a call to
+ * tty_unregister_device() so the devices will be show up
+ * properly in sysfs. If not set, driver->num entries will be
+ * created by the tty core in sysfs when tty_register_driver() is
+ * called. This is to be used by drivers that have tty devices
+ * that can appear and disappear while the main tty driver is
+ * registered with the tty core.
*
* TTY_DRIVER_DEVPTS_MEM -- don't use the standard arrays, instead
* use dynamic memory keyed through the devpts filesystem. This
@@ -252,7 +258,7 @@ void tty_set_operations(struct tty_driver *driver, struct tty_operations *op);
#define TTY_DRIVER_INSTALLED 0x0001
#define TTY_DRIVER_RESET_TERMIOS 0x0002
#define TTY_DRIVER_REAL_RAW 0x0004
-#define TTY_DRIVER_NO_DEVFS 0x0008
+#define TTY_DRIVER_DYNAMIC_DEV 0x0008
#define TTY_DRIVER_DEVPTS_MEM 0x0010
/* tty driver types */