[PATCH 7/8] docs: serial/tty, add to ldisc methods

[Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>]

From: Tilman Schmidt <tilman@imap.cc>
Subject: Doc: update serial/tty.txt ldisc methods

A small addition to the ldisc method descriptions.

Impact: Documentation
Signed-off-by: Tilman Schmidt <tilman@imap.cc>
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
---
 Documentation/serial/tty.txt |    9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- lnx-2632-rc6.orig/Documentation/serial/tty.txt
+++ lnx-2632-rc6/Documentation/serial/tty.txt
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ TTY side interfaces:
 open()		-	Called when the line discipline is attached to
 			the terminal. No other call into the line
 			discipline for this tty will occur until it
-			completes successfully. Can sleep.
+			completes successfully. Returning an error will
+			prevent the ldisc from being attached. Can sleep.
 
 close()		-	This is called on a terminal when the line
 			discipline is being unplugged. At the point of
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ close()		-	This is called on a terminal 
 hangup()	-	Called when the tty line is hung up.
 			The line discipline should cease I/O to the tty.
 			No further calls into the ldisc code will occur.
-			Can sleep.
+			The return value is ignored. Can sleep.
 
 write()		-	A process is writing data through the line
 			discipline.  Multiple write calls are serialized
@@ -83,6 +84,10 @@ ioctl()		-	Called when an ioctl is hande
 			that might be for the ldisc. Multiple ioctl calls
 			may occur in parallel. May sleep. 
 
+compat_ioctl()	-	Called when a 32 bit ioctl is handed to the tty layer
+			that might be for the ldisc. Multiple ioctl calls
+			may occur in parallel. May sleep.
+
 Driver Side Interfaces:
 
 receive_buf()	-	Hand buffers of bytes from the driver to the ldisc


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