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authorGeert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>2016-04-14 05:08:09 -0400
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>2016-04-15 17:59:06 -0400
commita3bedc3bdc6e640141157636e253d63279860e23 (patch)
treebbf1a96b92c20a6e1a5b9509144f9e55a2347e70
parentd124fd3bb36ceb40438f10c897ce642386b74b72 (diff)
serial: doc: .(un)throttle() depends on hardware assisted flow control
Document that .throttle() and .unthrottle() are relevant only if hardware assisted flow control is enabled. Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ hardware.
135 Notify the serial driver that input buffers for the line discipline are 135 Notify the serial driver that input buffers for the line discipline are
136 close to full, and it should somehow signal that no more characters 136 close to full, and it should somehow signal that no more characters
137 should be sent to the serial port. 137 should be sent to the serial port.
138 This will be called only if hardware assisted flow control is enabled.
138 139
139 Locking: none. 140 Locking: none.
140 141
@@ -142,6 +143,7 @@ hardware.
142 Notify the serial driver that characters can now be sent to the serial 143 Notify the serial driver that characters can now be sent to the serial
143 port without fear of overrunning the input buffers of the line 144 port without fear of overrunning the input buffers of the line
144 disciplines. 145 disciplines.
146 This will be called only if hardware assisted flow control is enabled.
145 147
146 Locking: none. 148 Locking: none.
147 149