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
  ...

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diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 7da289ee0589..4ddcbf949699 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -883,6 +883,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
                         which are not unmapped.
 
         earlycon=       [KNL] Output early console device and options.
+
                 uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options]
                 uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options]
                 uart[8250],mmio32,<addr>[,options]
@@ -892,6 +893,14 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
                         (mmio) or 32-bit (mmio32).
                         The options are the same as for ttyS, above.
 
+                pl011,<addr>
+                        Start an early, polled-mode console on a pl011 serial
+                        port at the specified address. The pl011 serial port
+                        must already be setup and configured. Options are not
+                        yet supported.
+
+                smh     Use ARM semihosting calls for early console.
+
         earlyprintk=    [X86,SH,BLACKFIN,ARM,M68k]
                         earlyprintk=vga
                         earlyprintk=efi