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diff --git a/Documentation/serial/00-INDEX b/Documentation/serial/00-INDEX
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/serial/00-INDEX
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+00-INDEX
+	- this file.
+README.cycladesZ
+	- info on Cyclades-Z firmware loading.
+computone.txt
+	- info on Computone Intelliport II/Plus Multiport Serial Driver.
+digiepca.txt
+	- info on Digi Intl. {PC,PCI,EISA}Xx and Xem series cards.
+hayes-esp.txt
+	- info on using the Hayes ESP serial driver.
+moxa-smartio
+	- file with info on installing/using Moxa multiport serial driver.
+riscom8.txt
+	- notes on using the RISCom/8 multi-port serial driver.
+rocket.txt
+	- info on the Comtrol RocketPort multiport serial driver.
+serial-rs485.txt
+	- info about RS485 structures and support in the kernel.
+specialix.txt
+	- info on hardware/driver for specialix IO8+ multiport serial card.
+stallion.txt
+	- info on using the Stallion multiport serial driver.
+sx.txt
+	- info on the Specialix SX/SI multiport serial driver.
+tty.txt
+	- guide to the locking policies of the tty layer.
diff --git a/Documentation/serial/README.cycladesZ b/Documentation/serial/README.cycladesZ
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..024a6944
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/serial/README.cycladesZ
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+
+The Cyclades-Z must have firmware loaded onto the card before it will
+operate.  This operation should be performed during system startup,
+
+The firmware, loader program and the latest device driver code are
+available from Cyclades at
+    ftp://ftp.cyclades.com/pub/cyclades/cyclades-z/linux/
+
diff --git a/Documentation/serial/computone.txt b/Documentation/serial/computone.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a6a1158e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/serial/computone.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,520 @@
+NOTE: This is an unmaintained driver.  It is not guaranteed to work due to
+changes made in the tty layer in 2.6.  If you wish to take over maintenance of
+this driver, contact Michael Warfield <mhw@wittsend.com>.
+
+Changelog:
+----------
+11-01-2001:	Original Document
+
+10-29-2004:	Minor misspelling & format fix, update status of driver.
+		James Nelson <james4765@gmail.com>
+
+Computone Intelliport II/Plus Multiport Serial Driver
+-----------------------------------------------------
+
+Release Notes For Linux Kernel 2.2 and higher.
+These notes are for the drivers which have already been integrated into the
+kernel and have been tested on Linux kernels 2.0, 2.2, 2.3, and 2.4.
+
+Version: 1.2.14
+Date: 11/01/2001
+Historical Author: Andrew Manison <amanison@america.net>
+Primary Author: Doug McNash
+
+This file assumes that you are using the Computone drivers which are
+integrated into the kernel sources.  For updating the drivers or installing
+drivers into kernels which do not already have Computone drivers, please
+refer to the instructions in the README.computone file in the driver patch.
+
+
+1. INTRODUCTION
+
+This driver supports the entire family of Intelliport II/Plus controllers
+with the exception of the MicroChannel controllers.  It does not support
+products previous to the Intelliport II.
+
+This driver was developed on the v2.0.x Linux tree and has been tested up
+to v2.4.14; it will probably not work with earlier v1.X kernels,.
+
+
+2. QUICK INSTALLATION
+
+Hardware - If you have an ISA card, find a free interrupt and io port. 
+		   List those in use with `cat /proc/interrupts` and 
+		   `cat /proc/ioports`.  Set the card dip switches to a free 
+		   address.  You may need to configure your BIOS to reserve an
+		   irq for an ISA card.  PCI and EISA parameters are set
+		   automagically.  Insert card into computer with the power off 
+		   before or after drivers installation.
+
+	Note the hardware address from the Computone ISA cards installed into
+		the system.  These are required for editing ip2.c or editing
+		/etc/modprobe.d/*.conf, or for specification on the modprobe
+		command line.
+
+	Note that the /etc/modules.conf should be used for older (pre-2.6)
+		kernels.
+
+Software -
+
+Module installation:
+
+a) Determine free irq/address to use if any (configure BIOS if need be)
+b) Run "make config" or "make menuconfig" or "make xconfig"
+   Select (m) module for CONFIG_COMPUTONE under character
+   devices.  CONFIG_PCI and CONFIG_MODULES also may need to be set.
+c) Set address on ISA cards then:
+   edit /usr/src/linux/drivers/char/ip2.c if needed 
+	or
+   edit config file in  /etc/modprobe.d/ if needed (module).
+	or both to match this setting.
+d) Run "make modules"
+e) Run "make modules_install"
+f) Run "/sbin/depmod -a"
+g) install driver using `modprobe ip2 <options>` (options listed below)
+h) run ip2mkdev (either the script below or the binary version)
+
+
+Kernel installation:
+
+a) Determine free irq/address to use if any (configure BIOS if need be)
+b) Run "make config" or "make menuconfig" or "make xconfig"
+   Select (y) kernel for CONFIG_COMPUTONE under character
+   devices.  CONFIG_PCI may need to be set if you have PCI bus.
+c) Set address on ISA cards then:
+	   edit /usr/src/linux/drivers/char/ip2.c  
+           (Optional - may be specified on kernel command line now)
+d) Run "make zImage" or whatever target you prefer.
+e) mv /usr/src/linux/arch/x86/boot/zImage to /boot.
+f) Add new config for this kernel into /etc/lilo.conf, run "lilo"
+	or copy to a floppy disk and boot from that floppy disk.
+g) Reboot using this kernel
+h) run ip2mkdev (either the script below or the binary version)
+
+Kernel command line options:
+
+When compiling the driver into the kernel, io and irq may be
+compiled into the driver by editing ip2.c and setting the values for
+io and irq in the appropriate array.  An alternative is to specify
+a command line parameter to the kernel at boot up.
+
+        ip2=io0,irq0,io1,irq1,io2,irq2,io3,irq3
+
+Note that this order is very different from the specifications for the
+modload parameters which have separate IRQ and IO specifiers.
+
+The io port also selects PCI (1) and EISA (2) boards.
+
+        io=0    No board
+        io=1    PCI board
+        io=2    EISA board
+        else    ISA board io address
+
+You only need to specify the boards which are present.
+
+        Examples:
+
+                2 PCI boards:
+
+                        ip2=1,0,1,0
+
+                1 ISA board at 0x310 irq 5:
+
+                        ip2=0x310,5
+
+This can be added to and "append" option in lilo.conf similar to this:
+
+        append="ip2=1,0,1,0"
+
+
+3. INSTALLATION
+
+Previously, the driver sources were packaged with a set of patch files
+to update the character drivers' makefile and configuration file, and other 
+kernel source files. A build script (ip2build) was included which applies 
+the patches if needed, and build any utilities needed.
+What you receive may be a single patch file in conventional kernel
+patch format build script. That form can also be applied by
+running patch -p1 < ThePatchFile.  Otherwise run ip2build.
+ 
+The driver can be installed as a module (recommended) or built into the 
+kernel. This is selected as for other drivers through the `make config`
+command from the root of the Linux source tree. If the driver is built 
+into the kernel you will need to edit the file ip2.c to match the boards 
+you are installing. See that file for instructions. If the driver is 
+installed as a module the configuration can also be specified on the
+modprobe command line as follows:
+
+	modprobe ip2 irq=irq1,irq2,irq3,irq4 io=addr1,addr2,addr3,addr4
+
+where irqnum is one of the valid Intelliport II interrupts (3,4,5,7,10,11,
+12,15) and addr1-4 are the base addresses for up to four controllers. If 
+the irqs are not specified the driver uses the default in ip2.c (which 
+selects polled mode). If no base addresses are specified the defaults in 
+ip2.c are used. If you are autoloading the driver module with kerneld or
+kmod the base addresses and interrupt number must also be set in ip2.c
+and recompile or just insert and options line in /etc/modprobe.d/*.conf or both.
+The options line is equivalent to the command line and takes precedence over
+what is in ip2.c. 
+
+config sample to put /etc/modprobe.d/*.conf:
+	options ip2 io=1,0x328 irq=1,10
+	alias char-major-71 ip2
+	alias char-major-72 ip2
+	alias char-major-73 ip2
+
+The equivalent in ip2.c:
+
+static int io[IP2_MAX_BOARDS]= { 1, 0x328, 0, 0 };
+static int irq[IP2_MAX_BOARDS] = { 1, 10, -1, -1 }; 
+
+The equivalent for the kernel command line (in lilo.conf):
+
+        append="ip2=1,1,0x328,10"
+
+
+Note:	Both io and irq should be updated to reflect YOUR system.  An "io"
+	address of 1 or 2 indicates a PCI or EISA card in the board table.
+	The PCI or EISA irq will be assigned automatically.
+
+Specifying an invalid or in-use irq will default the driver into
+running in polled mode for that card.  If all irq entries are 0 then
+all cards will operate in polled mode.
+
+If you select the driver as part of the kernel run :
+
+	make zlilo (or whatever you do to create a bootable kernel)
+
+If you selected a module run :
+
+	make modules && make modules_install
+
+The utility ip2mkdev (see 5 and 7 below) creates all the device nodes
+required by the driver.  For a device to be created it must be configured
+in the driver and the board must be installed. Only devices corresponding
+to real IntelliPort II ports are created. With multiple boards and expansion
+boxes this will leave gaps in the sequence of device names. ip2mkdev uses
+Linux tty naming conventions: ttyF0 - ttyF255 for normal devices, and
+cuf0 - cuf255 for callout devices.
+
+
+4. USING THE DRIVERS
+
+As noted above, the driver implements the ports in accordance with Linux
+conventions, and the devices should be interchangeable with the standard
+serial devices. (This is a key point for problem reporting: please make
+sure that what you are trying do works on the ttySx/cuax ports first; then 
+tell us what went wrong with the ip2 ports!)
+
+Higher speeds can be obtained using the setserial utility which remaps 
+38,400 bps (extb) to 57,600 bps, 115,200 bps, or a custom speed. 
+Intelliport II installations using the PowerPort expansion module can
+use the custom speed setting to select the highest speeds: 153,600 bps,
+230,400 bps, 307,200 bps, 460,800bps and 921,600 bps. The base for
+custom baud rate configuration is fixed at 921,600 for cards/expansion
+modules with ST654's and 115200 for those with Cirrus CD1400's.  This
+corresponds to the maximum bit rates those chips are capable.  
+For example if the baud base is 921600 and the baud divisor is 18 then
+the custom rate is 921600/18 = 51200 bps.  See the setserial man page for
+complete details. Of course if stty accepts the higher rates now you can
+use that as well as the standard ioctls().
+
+
+5. ip2mkdev and assorted utilities...
+
+Several utilities, including the source for a binary ip2mkdev utility are
+available under .../drivers/char/ip2.  These can be build by changing to
+that directory and typing "make" after the kernel has be built.  If you do
+not wish to compile the binary utilities, the shell script below can be
+cut out and run as "ip2mkdev" to create the necessary device files.  To
+use the ip2mkdev script, you must have procfs enabled and the proc file
+system mounted on /proc.
+
+
+6. NOTES
+
+This is a release version of the driver, but it is impossible to test it
+in all configurations of Linux. If there is any anomalous behaviour that 
+does not match the standard serial port's behaviour please let us know.
+
+
+7. ip2mkdev shell script
+
+Previously, this script was simply attached here.  It is now attached as a
+shar archive to make it easier to extract the script from the documentation.
+To create the ip2mkdev shell script change to a convenient directory (/tmp
+works just fine) and run the following command:
+
+	unshar Documentation/serial/computone.txt
+		(This file)
+
+You should now have a file ip2mkdev in your current working directory with
+permissions set to execute.  Running that script with then create the
+necessary devices for the Computone boards, interfaces, and ports which
+are present on you system at the time it is run.
+
+
+#!/bin/sh
+# This is a shell archive (produced by GNU sharutils 4.2.1).
+# To extract the files from this archive, save it to some FILE, remove
+# everything before the `!/bin/sh' line above, then type `sh FILE'.
+#
+# Made on 2001-10-29 10:32 EST by <mhw@alcove.wittsend.com>.
+# Source directory was `/home2/src/tmp'.
+#
+# Existing files will *not* be overwritten unless `-c' is specified.
+#
+# This shar contains:
+# length mode       name
+# ------ ---------- ------------------------------------------
+#   4251 -rwxr-xr-x ip2mkdev
+#
+save_IFS="${IFS}"
+IFS="${IFS}:"
+gettext_dir=FAILED
+locale_dir=FAILED
+first_param="$1"
+for dir in $PATH
+do
+  if test "$gettext_dir" = FAILED && test -f $dir/gettext \
+     && ($dir/gettext --version >/dev/null 2>&1)
+  then
+    set `$dir/gettext --version 2>&1`
+    if test "$3" = GNU
+    then
+      gettext_dir=$dir
+    fi
+  fi
+  if test "$locale_dir" = FAILED && test -f $dir/shar \
+     && ($dir/shar --print-text-domain-dir >/dev/null 2>&1)
+  then
+    locale_dir=`$dir/shar --print-text-domain-dir`
+  fi
+done
+IFS="$save_IFS"
+if test "$locale_dir" = FAILED || test "$gettext_dir" = FAILED
+then
+  echo=echo
+else
+  TEXTDOMAINDIR=$locale_dir
+  export TEXTDOMAINDIR
+  TEXTDOMAIN=sharutils
+  export TEXTDOMAIN
+  echo="$gettext_dir/gettext -s"
+fi
+if touch -am -t 200112312359.59 $$.touch >/dev/null 2>&1 && test ! -f 200112312359.59 -a -f $$.touch; then
+  shar_touch='touch -am -t $1$2$3$4$5$6.$7 "$8"'
+elif touch -am 123123592001.59 $$.touch >/dev/null 2>&1 && test ! -f 123123592001.59 -a ! -f 123123592001.5 -a -f $$.touch; then
+  shar_touch='touch -am $3$4$5$6$1$2.$7 "$8"'
+elif touch -am 1231235901 $$.touch >/dev/null 2>&1 && test ! -f 1231235901 -a -f $$.touch; then
+  shar_touch='touch -am $3$4$5$6$2 "$8"'
+else
+  shar_touch=:
+  echo
+  $echo 'WARNING: not restoring timestamps.  Consider getting and'
+  $echo "installing GNU \`touch', distributed in GNU File Utilities..."
+  echo
+fi
+rm -f 200112312359.59 123123592001.59 123123592001.5 1231235901 $$.touch
+#
+if mkdir _sh17581; then
+  $echo 'x -' 'creating lock directory'
+else
+  $echo 'failed to create lock directory'
+  exit 1
+fi
+# ============= ip2mkdev ==============
+if test -f 'ip2mkdev' && test "$first_param" != -c; then
+  $echo 'x -' SKIPPING 'ip2mkdev' '(file already exists)'
+else
+  $echo 'x -' extracting 'ip2mkdev' '(text)'
+  sed 's/^X//' << 'SHAR_EOF' > 'ip2mkdev' &&
+#!/bin/sh -
+#
+#	ip2mkdev
+#
+#	Make or remove devices as needed for Computone Intelliport drivers
+#
+#	First rule!  If the dev file exists and you need it, don't mess
+#	with it.  That prevents us from screwing up open ttys, ownership
+#	and permissions on a running system!
+#
+#	This script will NOT remove devices that no longer exist if their
+#	board or interface box has been removed.  If you want to get rid
+#	of them, you can manually do an "rm -f /dev/ttyF* /dev/cuaf*"
+#	before running this script.  Running this script will then recreate
+#	all the valid devices.
+#
+#	Michael H. Warfield
+#	/\/\|=mhw=|\/\/
+#	mhw@wittsend.com
+#
+#	Updated 10/29/2000 for version 1.2.13 naming convention
+#		under devfs.	/\/\|=mhw=|\/\/
+#
+#	Updated 03/09/2000 for devfs support in ip2 drivers. /\/\|=mhw=|\/\/
+#
+X
+if test -d /dev/ip2 ; then
+#	This is devfs mode...  We don't do anything except create symlinks
+#	from the real devices to the old names!
+X	cd /dev
+X	echo "Creating symbolic links to devfs devices"
+X	for i in `ls ip2` ; do
+X		if test ! -L ip2$i ; then
+X			# Remove it incase it wasn't a symlink (old device)
+X			rm -f ip2$i
+X			ln -s ip2/$i ip2$i
+X		fi
+X	done
+X	for i in `( cd tts ; ls F* )` ; do
+X		if test ! -L tty$i ; then
+X			# Remove it incase it wasn't a symlink (old device)
+X			rm -f tty$i
+X			ln -s tts/$i tty$i
+X		fi
+X	done
+X	for i in `( cd cua ; ls F* )` ; do
+X		DEVNUMBER=`expr $i : 'F\(.*\)'`
+X		if test ! -L cuf$DEVNUMBER ; then
+X			# Remove it incase it wasn't a symlink (old device)
+X			rm -f cuf$DEVNUMBER
+X			ln -s cua/$i cuf$DEVNUMBER
+X		fi
+X	done
+X	exit 0
+fi
+X
+if test ! -f /proc/tty/drivers
+then
+X	echo "\
+Unable to check driver status.
+Make sure proc file system is mounted."
+X
+X	exit 255
+fi
+X
+if test ! -f /proc/tty/driver/ip2
+then
+X	echo "\
+Unable to locate ip2 proc file.
+Attempting to load driver"
+X
+X	if /sbin/insmod ip2
+X	then
+X		if test ! -f /proc/tty/driver/ip2
+X		then
+X			echo "\
+Unable to locate ip2 proc file after loading driver.
+Driver initialization failure or driver version error.
+"
+X		exit 255
+X		fi
+X	else
+X		echo "Unable to load ip2 driver."
+X		exit 255
+X	fi
+fi
+X
+# Ok...  So we got the driver loaded and we can locate the procfs files.
+# Next we need our major numbers.
+X
+TTYMAJOR=`sed -e '/^ip2/!d' -e '/\/dev\/tt/!d' -e 's/.*tt[^ 	]*[ 	]*\([0-9]*\)[ 	]*.*/\1/' < /proc/tty/drivers`
+CUAMAJOR=`sed -e '/^ip2/!d' -e '/\/dev\/cu/!d' -e 's/.*cu[^ 	]*[ 	]*\([0-9]*\)[ 	]*.*/\1/' < /proc/tty/drivers`
+BRDMAJOR=`sed -e '/^Driver: /!d' -e 's/.*IMajor=\([0-9]*\)[ 	]*.*/\1/' < /proc/tty/driver/ip2`
+X
+echo "\
+TTYMAJOR = $TTYMAJOR
+CUAMAJOR = $CUAMAJOR
+BRDMAJOR = $BRDMAJOR
+"
+X
+# Ok...  Now we should know our major numbers, if appropriate...
+# Now we need our boards and start the device loops.
+X
+grep '^Board [0-9]:' /proc/tty/driver/ip2 | while read token number type alltherest
+do
+X	# The test for blank "type" will catch the stats lead-in lines
+X	# if they exist in the file
+X	if test "$type" = "vacant" -o "$type" = "Vacant" -o "$type" = ""
+X	then
+X		continue
+X	fi
+X
+X	BOARDNO=`expr "$number" : '\([0-9]\):'`
+X	PORTS=`expr "$alltherest" : '.*ports=\([0-9]*\)' | tr ',' ' '`
+X	MINORS=`expr "$alltherest" : '.*minors=\([0-9,]*\)' | tr ',' ' '`
+X
+X	if test "$BOARDNO" = "" -o "$PORTS" = ""
+X	then
+#	This may be a bug.  We should at least get this much information
+X		echo "Unable to process board line"
+X		continue
+X	fi
+X
+X	if test "$MINORS" = ""
+X	then
+#	Silently skip this one.  This board seems to have no boxes
+X		continue
+X	fi
+X
+X	echo "board $BOARDNO: $type ports = $PORTS; port numbers = $MINORS"
+X
+X	if test "$BRDMAJOR" != ""
+X	then
+X		BRDMINOR=`expr $BOARDNO \* 4`
+X		STSMINOR=`expr $BRDMINOR + 1`
+X		if test ! -c /dev/ip2ipl$BOARDNO ; then
+X			mknod /dev/ip2ipl$BOARDNO c $BRDMAJOR $BRDMINOR
+X		fi
+X		if test ! -c /dev/ip2stat$BOARDNO ; then
+X			mknod /dev/ip2stat$BOARDNO c $BRDMAJOR $STSMINOR
+X		fi
+X	fi
+X
+X	if test "$TTYMAJOR" != ""
+X	then
+X		PORTNO=$BOARDBASE
+X
+X		for PORTNO in $MINORS
+X		do
+X			if test ! -c /dev/ttyF$PORTNO ; then
+X				# We got the hardware but no device - make it
+X				mknod /dev/ttyF$PORTNO c $TTYMAJOR $PORTNO
+X			fi	
+X		done
+X	fi
+X
+X	if test "$CUAMAJOR" != ""
+X	then
+X		PORTNO=$BOARDBASE
+X
+X		for PORTNO in $MINORS
+X		do
+X			if test ! -c /dev/cuf$PORTNO ; then
+X				# We got the hardware but no device - make it
+X				mknod /dev/cuf$PORTNO c $CUAMAJOR $PORTNO
+X			fi	
+X		done
+X	fi
+done
+X
+Xexit 0
+SHAR_EOF
+  (set 20 01 10 29 10 32 01 'ip2mkdev'; eval "$shar_touch") &&
+  chmod 0755 'ip2mkdev' ||
+  $echo 'restore of' 'ip2mkdev' 'failed'
+  if ( md5sum --help 2>&1 | grep 'sage: md5sum \[' ) >/dev/null 2>&1 \
+  && ( md5sum --version 2>&1 | grep -v 'textutils 1.12' ) >/dev/null; then
+    md5sum -c << SHAR_EOF >/dev/null 2>&1 \
+    || $echo 'ip2mkdev:' 'MD5 check failed'
+cb5717134509f38bad9fde6b1f79b4a4  ip2mkdev
+SHAR_EOF
+  else
+    shar_count="`LC_ALL= LC_CTYPE= LANG= wc -c < 'ip2mkdev'`"
+    test 4251 -eq "$shar_count" ||
+    $echo 'ip2mkdev:' 'original size' '4251,' 'current size' "$shar_count!"
+  fi
+fi
+rm -fr _sh17581
+exit 0
diff --git a/Documentation/serial/digiepca.txt b/Documentation/serial/digiepca.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f2560e22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/serial/digiepca.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+NOTE:  This driver is obsolete.  Digi provides a 2.6 driver (dgdm) at
+http://www.digi.com for PCI cards.  They no longer maintain this driver,
+and have no 2.6 driver for ISA cards.
+
+This driver requires a number of user-space tools.  They can be acquired from
+http://www.digi.com, but only works with 2.4 kernels.
+
+
+The Digi Intl. epca driver. 
+----------------------------
+The Digi Intl. epca driver for Linux supports the following boards:
+
+Digi PC/Xem, PC/Xr, PC/Xe, PC/Xi, PC/Xeve 
+Digi EISA/Xem, PCI/Xem, PCI/Xr 
+
+Limitations:
+------------
+Currently the driver only autoprobes for supported PCI boards. 
+
+The Linux MAKEDEV command does not support generating the Digiboard
+Devices.  Users executing digiConfig to setup EISA and PC series cards
+will have their device nodes automatically constructed (cud?? for ~CLOCAL,
+and ttyD?? for CLOCAL).  Users wishing to boot their board from the LILO
+prompt, or those users booting PCI cards may use buildDIGI to construct 
+the necessary nodes. 
+
+Notes:
+------
+This driver may be configured via LILO.  For users who have already configured
+their driver using digiConfig, configuring from LILO will override previous 
+settings.  Multiple boards may be configured by issuing multiple LILO command 
+lines.  For examples see the bottom of this document.
+
+Device names start at 0 and continue up.  Beware of this as previous Digi 
+drivers started device names with 1.
+
+PCI boards are auto-detected and configured by the driver.  PCI boards will
+be allocated device numbers (internally) beginning with the lowest PCI slot
+first.  In other words a PCI card in slot 3 will always have higher device
+nodes than a PCI card in slot 1. 
+
+LILO config examples:
+---------------------
+Using LILO's APPEND command, a string of comma separated identifiers or 
+integers can be used to configure supported boards.  The six values in order 
+are:
+
+   Enable/Disable this card or Override,
+   Type of card: PC/Xe (AccelePort) (0), PC/Xeve (1), PC/Xem or PC/Xr (2), 
+                 EISA/Xem (3), PC/64Xe (4), PC/Xi (5), 
+   Enable/Disable alternate pin arrangement,
+   Number of ports on this card,
+   I/O Port where card is configured (in HEX if using string identifiers),
+   Base of memory window (in HEX if using string identifiers), 
+
+NOTE : PCI boards are auto-detected and configured.  Do not attempt to 
+configure PCI boards with the LILO append command.  If you wish to override
+previous configuration data (As set by digiConfig), but you do not wish to
+configure any specific card (Example if there are PCI cards in the system) 
+the following override command will accomplish this:
+-> append="digi=2"
+
+Samples:
+   append="digiepca=E,PC/Xe,D,16,200,D0000"
+                  or
+   append="digi=1,0,0,16,512,851968"
+
+Supporting Tools:
+-----------------
+Supporting tools include digiDload, digiConfig, buildPCI, and ditty.  See
+drivers/char/README.epca for more details.  Note,
+this driver REQUIRES that digiDload be executed prior to it being used. 
+Failure to do this will result in an ENODEV error.
+
+Documentation:
+--------------
+Complete documentation for this product may be found in the tool package. 
+
+Sources of information and support:
+-----------------------------------
+Digi Intl. support site for this product:
+
+->  http://www.digi.com
+
+Acknowledgments:
+----------------
+Much of this work (And even text) was derived from a similar document 
+supporting the original public domain DigiBoard driver Copyright (C)
+1994,1995 Troy De Jongh.  Many thanks to Christoph Lameter 
+(christoph@lameter.com) and Mike McLagan (mike.mclagan@linux.org) who authored 
+and contributed to the original document. 
+
+Changelog:
+----------
+10-29-04:	Update status of driver, remove dead links in document
+		James Nelson <james4765@gmail.com>
+
+2000 (?)	Original Document
diff --git a/Documentation/serial/driver b/Documentation/serial/driver
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0a25a919
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/serial/driver
@@ -0,0 +1,397 @@
+
+			Low Level Serial API
+			--------------------
+
+
+This document is meant as a brief overview of some aspects of the new serial
+driver.  It is not complete, any questions you have should be directed to
+<rmk@arm.linux.org.uk>
+
+The reference implementation is contained within amba_pl011.c.
+
+
+
+Low Level Serial Hardware Driver
+--------------------------------
+
+The low level serial hardware driver is responsible for supplying port
+information (defined by uart_port) and a set of control methods (defined
+by uart_ops) to the core serial driver.  The low level driver is also
+responsible for handling interrupts for the port, and providing any
+console support.
+
+
+Console Support
+---------------
+
+The serial core provides a few helper functions.  This includes identifing
+the correct port structure (via uart_get_console) and decoding command line
+arguments (uart_parse_options).
+
+There is also a helper function (uart_write_console) which performs a
+character by character write, translating newlines to CRLF sequences.
+Driver writers are recommended to use this function rather than implementing
+their own version.
+
+
+Locking
+-------
+
+It is the responsibility of the low level hardware driver to perform the
+necessary locking using port->lock.  There are some exceptions (which
+are described in the uart_ops listing below.)
+
+There are three locks.  A per-port spinlock, a per-port tmpbuf semaphore,
+and an overall semaphore.
+
+From the core driver perspective, the port->lock locks the following
+data:
+
+	port->mctrl
+	port->icount
+	info->xmit.head (circ->head)
+	info->xmit.tail (circ->tail)
+
+The low level driver is free to use this lock to provide any additional
+locking.
+
+The core driver uses the info->tmpbuf_sem lock to prevent multi-threaded
+access to the info->tmpbuf bouncebuffer used for port writes.
+
+The port_sem semaphore is used to protect against ports being added/
+removed or reconfigured at inappropriate times.
+
+
+uart_ops
+--------
+
+The uart_ops structure is the main interface between serial_core and the
+hardware specific driver.  It contains all the methods to control the
+hardware.
+
+  tx_empty(port)
+	This function tests whether the transmitter fifo and shifter
+	for the port described by 'port' is empty.  If it is empty,
+	this function should return TIOCSER_TEMT, otherwise return 0.
+	If the port does not support this operation, then it should
+	return TIOCSER_TEMT.
+
+	Locking: none.
+	Interrupts: caller dependent.
+	This call must not sleep
+
+  set_mctrl(port, mctrl)
+	This function sets the modem control lines for port described
+	by 'port' to the state described by mctrl.  The relevant bits
+	of mctrl are:
+		- TIOCM_RTS	RTS signal.
+		- TIOCM_DTR	DTR signal.
+		- TIOCM_OUT1	OUT1 signal.
+		- TIOCM_OUT2	OUT2 signal.
+		- TIOCM_LOOP	Set the port into loopback mode.
+	If the appropriate bit is set, the signal should be driven
+	active.  If the bit is clear, the signal should be driven
+	inactive.
+
+	Locking: port->lock taken.
+	Interrupts: locally disabled.
+	This call must not sleep
+
+  get_mctrl(port)
+	Returns the current state of modem control inputs.  The state
+	of the outputs should not be returned, since the core keeps
+	track of their state.  The state information should include:
+		- TIOCM_CAR	state of DCD signal
+		- TIOCM_CTS	state of CTS signal
+		- TIOCM_DSR	state of DSR signal
+		- TIOCM_RI	state of RI signal
+	The bit is set if the signal is currently driven active.  If
+	the port does not support CTS, DCD or DSR, the driver should
+	indicate that the signal is permanently active.  If RI is
+	not available, the signal should not be indicated as active.
+
+	Locking: port->lock taken.
+	Interrupts: locally disabled.
+	This call must not sleep
+
+  stop_tx(port)
+	Stop transmitting characters.  This might be due to the CTS
+	line becoming inactive or the tty layer indicating we want
+	to stop transmission due to an XOFF character.
+
+	The driver should stop transmitting characters as soon as
+	possible.
+
+	Locking: port->lock taken.
+	Interrupts: locally disabled.
+	This call must not sleep
+
+  start_tx(port)
+	Start transmitting characters.
+
+	Locking: port->lock taken.
+	Interrupts: locally disabled.
+	This call must not sleep
+
+  stop_rx(port)
+	Stop receiving characters; the port is in the process of
+	being closed.
+
+	Locking: port->lock taken.
+	Interrupts: locally disabled.
+	This call must not sleep
+
+  enable_ms(port)
+	Enable the modem status interrupts.
+
+	This method may be called multiple times.  Modem status
+	interrupts should be disabled when the shutdown method is
+	called.
+
+	Locking: port->lock taken.
+	Interrupts: locally disabled.
+	This call must not sleep
+
+  break_ctl(port,ctl)
+	Control the transmission of a break signal.  If ctl is
+	nonzero, the break signal should be transmitted.  The signal
+	should be terminated when another call is made with a zero
+	ctl.
+
+	Locking: none.
+	Interrupts: caller dependent.
+	This call must not sleep
+
+  startup(port)
+	Grab any interrupt resources and initialise any low level driver
+	state.  Enable the port for reception.  It should not activate
+	RTS nor DTR; this will be done via a separate call to set_mctrl.
+
+	This method will only be called when the port is initially opened.
+
+	Locking: port_sem taken.
+	Interrupts: globally disabled.
+
+  shutdown(port)
+	Disable the port, disable any break condition that may be in
+	effect, and free any interrupt resources.  It should not disable
+	RTS nor DTR; this will have already been done via a separate
+	call to set_mctrl.
+
+	Drivers must not access port->info once this call has completed.
+
+	This method will only be called when there are no more users of
+	this port.
+
+	Locking: port_sem taken.
+	Interrupts: caller dependent.
+
+  flush_buffer(port)
+	Flush any write buffers, reset any DMA state and stop any
+	ongoing DMA transfers.
+
+	This will be called whenever the port->info->xmit circular
+	buffer is cleared.
+
+	Locking: port->lock taken.
+	Interrupts: locally disabled.
+	This call must not sleep
+
+  set_termios(port,termios,oldtermios)
+	Change the port parameters, including word length, parity, stop
+	bits.  Update read_status_mask and ignore_status_mask to indicate
+	the types of events we are interested in receiving.  Relevant
+	termios->c_cflag bits are:
+		CSIZE	- word size
+		CSTOPB	- 2 stop bits
+		PARENB	- parity enable
+		PARODD	- odd parity (when PARENB is in force)
+		CREAD	- enable reception of characters (if not set,
+			  still receive characters from the port, but
+			  throw them away.
+		CRTSCTS	- if set, enable CTS status change reporting
+		CLOCAL	- if not set, enable modem status change
+			  reporting.
+	Relevant termios->c_iflag bits are:
+		INPCK	- enable frame and parity error events to be
+			  passed to the TTY layer.
+		BRKINT
+		PARMRK	- both of these enable break events to be
+			  passed to the TTY layer.
+
+		IGNPAR	- ignore parity and framing errors
+		IGNBRK	- ignore break errors,  If IGNPAR is also
+			  set, ignore overrun errors as well.
+	The interaction of the iflag bits is as follows (parity error
+	given as an example):
+	Parity error	INPCK	IGNPAR
+	n/a		0	n/a	character received, marked as
+					TTY_NORMAL
+	None		1	n/a	character received, marked as
+					TTY_NORMAL
+	Yes		1	0	character received, marked as
+					TTY_PARITY
+	Yes		1	1	character discarded
+
+	Other flags may be used (eg, xon/xoff characters) if your
+	hardware supports hardware "soft" flow control.
+
+	Locking: none.
+	Interrupts: caller dependent.
+	This call must not sleep
+
+  pm(port,state,oldstate)
+	Perform any power management related activities on the specified
+	port.  State indicates the new state (defined by ACPI D0-D3),
+	oldstate indicates the previous state.  Essentially, D0 means
+	fully on, D3 means powered down.
+
+	This function should not be used to grab any resources.
+
+	This will be called when the port is initially opened and finally
+	closed, except when the port is also the system console.  This
+	will occur even if CONFIG_PM is not set.
+
+	Locking: none.
+	Interrupts: caller dependent.
+
+  type(port)
+	Return a pointer to a string constant describing the specified
+	port, or return NULL, in which case the string 'unknown' is
+	substituted.
+
+	Locking: none.
+	Interrupts: caller dependent.
+
+  release_port(port)
+	Release any memory and IO region resources currently in use by
+	the port.
+
+	Locking: none.
+	Interrupts: caller dependent.
+
+  request_port(port)
+	Request any memory and IO region resources required by the port.
+	If any fail, no resources should be registered when this function
+	returns, and it should return -EBUSY on failure.
+
+	Locking: none.
+	Interrupts: caller dependent.
+
+  config_port(port,type)
+	Perform any autoconfiguration steps required for the port.  `type`
+	contains a bit mask of the required configuration.  UART_CONFIG_TYPE
+	indicates that the port requires detection and identification.
+	port->type should be set to the type found, or PORT_UNKNOWN if
+	no port was detected.
+
+	UART_CONFIG_IRQ indicates autoconfiguration of the interrupt signal,
+	which should be probed using standard kernel autoprobing techniques.
+	This is not necessary on platforms where ports have interrupts
+	internally hard wired (eg, system on a chip implementations).
+
+	Locking: none.
+	Interrupts: caller dependent.
+
+  verify_port(port,serinfo)
+	Verify the new serial port information contained within serinfo is
+	suitable for this port type.
+
+	Locking: none.
+	Interrupts: caller dependent.
+
+  ioctl(port,cmd,arg)
+	Perform any port specific IOCTLs.  IOCTL commands must be defined
+	using the standard numbering system found in <asm/ioctl.h>
+
+	Locking: none.
+	Interrupts: caller dependent.
+
+Other functions
+---------------
+
+uart_update_timeout(port,cflag,baud)
+	Update the FIFO drain timeout, port->timeout, according to the
+	number of bits, parity, stop bits and baud rate.
+
+	Locking: caller is expected to take port->lock
+	Interrupts: n/a
+
+uart_get_baud_rate(port,termios,old,min,max)
+	Return the numeric baud rate for the specified termios, taking
+	account of the special 38400 baud "kludge".  The B0 baud rate
+	is mapped to 9600 baud.
+
+	If the baud rate is not within min..max, then if old is non-NULL,
+	the original baud rate will be tried.  If that exceeds the
+	min..max constraint, 9600 baud will be returned.  termios will
+	be updated to the baud rate in use.
+
+	Note: min..max must always allow 9600 baud to be selected.
+
+	Locking: caller dependent.
+	Interrupts: n/a
+
+uart_get_divisor(port,baud)
+	Return the divsor (baud_base / baud) for the specified baud
+	rate, appropriately rounded.
+
+	If 38400 baud and custom divisor is selected, return the
+	custom divisor instead.
+
+	Locking: caller dependent.
+	Interrupts: n/a
+
+uart_match_port(port1,port2)
+	This utility function can be used to determine whether two
+	uart_port structures describe the same port.
+
+	Locking: n/a
+	Interrupts: n/a
+
+uart_write_wakeup(port)
+	A driver is expected to call this function when the number of
+	characters in the transmit buffer have dropped below a threshold.
+
+	Locking: port->lock should be held.
+	Interrupts: n/a
+
+uart_register_driver(drv)
+	Register a uart driver with the core driver.  We in turn register
+	with the tty layer, and initialise the core driver per-port state.
+
+	drv->port should be NULL, and the per-port structures should be
+	registered using uart_add_one_port after this call has succeeded.
+
+	Locking: none
+	Interrupts: enabled
+
+uart_unregister_driver()
+	Remove all references to a driver from the core driver.  The low
+	level driver must have removed all its ports via the
+	uart_remove_one_port() if it registered them with uart_add_one_port().
+
+	Locking: none
+	Interrupts: enabled
+
+uart_suspend_port()
+
+uart_resume_port()
+
+uart_add_one_port()
+
+uart_remove_one_port()
+
+Other notes
+-----------
+
+It is intended some day to drop the 'unused' entries from uart_port, and
+allow low level drivers to register their own individual uart_port's with
+the core.  This will allow drivers to use uart_port as a pointer to a
+structure containing both the uart_port entry with their own extensions,
+thus:
+
+	struct my_port {
+		struct uart_port	port;
+		int			my_stuff;
+	};
diff --git a/Documentation/serial/moxa-smartio b/Documentation/serial/moxa-smartio
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5d2a33be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/serial/moxa-smartio
@@ -0,0 +1,523 @@
+=============================================================================
+          MOXA Smartio/Industio Family Device Driver Installation Guide
+		    for Linux Kernel 2.4.x, 2.6.x
+	       Copyright (C) 2008, Moxa Inc.
+=============================================================================
+Date: 01/21/2008
+
+Content
+
+1. Introduction
+2. System Requirement
+3. Installation
+   3.1 Hardware installation
+   3.2 Driver files
+   3.3 Device naming convention
+   3.4 Module driver configuration
+   3.5 Static driver configuration for Linux kernel 2.4.x and 2.6.x.
+   3.6 Custom configuration
+   3.7 Verify driver installation
+4. Utilities
+5. Setserial
+6. Troubleshooting
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+1. Introduction
+
+   The Smartio/Industio/UPCI family Linux driver supports following multiport
+   boards.
+
+    - 2 ports multiport board
+	CP-102U, CP-102UL, CP-102UF
+	CP-132U-I, CP-132UL,
+	CP-132, CP-132I, CP132S, CP-132IS,
+	CI-132, CI-132I, CI-132IS,
+	(C102H, C102HI, C102HIS, C102P, CP-102, CP-102S)
+
+    - 4 ports multiport board
+	CP-104EL,
+	CP-104UL, CP-104JU,
+	CP-134U, CP-134U-I,
+	C104H/PCI, C104HS/PCI,
+	CP-114, CP-114I, CP-114S, CP-114IS, CP-114UL,
+	C104H, C104HS,
+	CI-104J, CI-104JS,
+	CI-134, CI-134I, CI-134IS,
+	(C114HI, CT-114I, C104P)
+	POS-104UL,
+	CB-114,
+	CB-134I
+
+    - 8 ports multiport board
+	CP-118EL, CP-168EL,
+	CP-118U, CP-168U,
+	C168H/PCI,
+	C168H, C168HS,
+	(C168P),
+	CB-108
+
+   This driver and installation procedure have been developed upon Linux Kernel
+   2.4.x and 2.6.x. This driver supports Intel x86 hardware platform. In order
+   to maintain compatibility, this version has also been properly tested with
+   RedHat, Mandrake, Fedora and S.u.S.E Linux. However, if compatibility problem
+   occurs, please contact Moxa at support@moxa.com.tw.
+
+   In addition to device driver, useful utilities are also provided in this
+   version. They are
+    - msdiag     Diagnostic program for displaying installed Moxa
+                 Smartio/Industio boards.
+    - msmon      Monitor program to observe data count and line status signals.
+    - msterm     A simple terminal program which is useful in testing serial
+	         ports.
+    - io-irq.exe Configuration program to setup ISA boards. Please note that
+                 this program can only be executed under DOS.
+
+   All the drivers and utilities are published in form of source code under
+   GNU General Public License in this version. Please refer to GNU General
+   Public License announcement in each source code file for more detail.
+
+   In Moxa's Web sites, you may always find latest driver at http://www.moxa.com/.
+
+   This version of driver can be installed as Loadable Module (Module driver)
+   or built-in into kernel (Static driver). You may refer to following
+   installation procedure for suitable one. Before you install the driver,
+   please refer to hardware installation procedure in the User's Manual.
+
+   We assume the user should be familiar with following documents.
+   - Serial-HOWTO
+   - Kernel-HOWTO
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+2. System Requirement
+   - Hardware platform: Intel x86 machine
+   - Kernel version: 2.4.x or 2.6.x
+   - gcc version 2.72 or later
+   - Maximum 4 boards can be installed in combination
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+3. Installation
+
+   3.1 Hardware installation
+   3.2 Driver files
+   3.3 Device naming convention
+   3.4 Module driver configuration
+   3.5 Static driver configuration for Linux kernel 2.4.x, 2.6.x.
+   3.6 Custom configuration
+   3.7 Verify driver installation
+
+
+   3.1 Hardware installation
+
+       There are two types of buses, ISA and PCI, for Smartio/Industio
+       family multiport board.
+
+       ISA board
+       ---------
+       You'll have to configure CAP address, I/O address, Interrupt Vector
+       as well as IRQ before installing this driver. Please refer to hardware
+       installation procedure in User's Manual before proceed any further.
+       Please make sure the JP1 is open after the ISA board is set properly.
+
+       PCI/UPCI board
+       --------------
+       You may need to adjust IRQ usage in BIOS to avoid from IRQ conflict
+       with other ISA devices. Please refer to hardware installation
+       procedure in User's Manual in advance.
+
+       PCI IRQ Sharing
+       -----------
+       Each port within the same multiport board shares the same IRQ. Up to
+       4 Moxa Smartio/Industio PCI Family multiport boards can be installed
+       together on one system and they can share the same IRQ.
+
+
+   3.2 Driver files
+
+       The driver file may be obtained from ftp, CD-ROM or floppy disk. The
+       first step, anyway, is to copy driver file "mxser.tgz" into specified
+       directory. e.g. /moxa. The execute commands as below.
+
+       # cd /
+       # mkdir moxa
+       # cd /moxa
+       # tar xvf /dev/fd0
+
+       or
+
+       # cd /
+       # mkdir moxa
+       # cd /moxa
+       # cp /mnt/cdrom/<driver directory>/mxser.tgz .
+       # tar xvfz mxser.tgz
+
+
+   3.3 Device naming convention
+
+       You may find all the driver and utilities files in /moxa/mxser.
+       Following installation procedure depends on the model you'd like to
+       run the driver. If you prefer module driver, please refer to 3.4.
+       If static driver is required, please refer to 3.5.
+
+       Dialin and callout port
+       -----------------------
+       This driver remains traditional serial device properties. There are
+       two special file name for each serial port. One is dial-in port
+       which is named "ttyMxx". For callout port, the naming convention
+       is "cumxx".
+
+       Device naming when more than 2 boards installed
+       -----------------------------------------------
+       Naming convention for each Smartio/Industio multiport board is
+       pre-defined as below.
+
+       Board Num.	 Dial-in Port	      Callout port
+       1st board	ttyM0  - ttyM7	      cum0  - cum7
+       2nd board	ttyM8  - ttyM15       cum8  - cum15
+       3rd board	ttyM16 - ttyM23       cum16 - cum23
+       4th board	ttyM24 - ttym31       cum24 - cum31
+
+
+       !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOTE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
+       Under Kernel 2.6 the cum Device is Obsolete. So use ttyM*
+       device instead.
+       !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOTE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
+
+       Board sequence
+       --------------
+       This driver will activate ISA boards according to the parameter set
+       in the driver. After all specified ISA board activated, PCI board
+       will be installed in the system automatically driven.
+       Therefore the board number is sorted by the CAP address of ISA boards.
+       For PCI boards, their sequence will be after ISA boards and C168H/PCI
+       has higher priority than C104H/PCI boards.
+
+   3.4 Module driver configuration
+       Module driver is easiest way to install. If you prefer static driver
+       installation, please skip this paragraph.
+
+
+       ------------- Prepare to use the MOXA driver--------------------
+       3.4.1 Create tty device with correct major number
+          Before using MOXA driver, your system must have the tty devices
+          which are created with driver's major number. We offer one shell
+          script "msmknod" to simplify the procedure.
+          This step is only needed to be executed once. But you still
+          need to do this procedure when:
+          a. You change the driver's major number. Please refer the "3.7"
+             section.
+          b. Your total installed MOXA boards number is changed. Maybe you
+             add/delete one MOXA board.
+          c. You want to change the tty name. This needs to modify the
+             shell script "msmknod"
+
+          The procedure is:
+	  # cd /moxa/mxser/driver
+	  # ./msmknod
+
+          This shell script will require the major number for dial-in
+          device and callout device to create tty device. You also need
+          to specify the total installed MOXA board number. Default major
+          numbers for dial-in device and callout device are 30, 35. If
+          you need to change to other number, please refer section "3.7"
+          for more detailed procedure.
+          Msmknod will delete any special files occupying the same device
+          naming.
+
+       3.4.2 Build the MOXA driver and utilities
+          Before using the MOXA driver and utilities, you need compile the
+          all the source code. This step is only need to be executed once.
+          But you still re-compile the source code if you modify the source
+          code. For example, if you change the driver's major number (see
+          "3.7" section), then you need to do this step again.
+
+          Find "Makefile" in /moxa/mxser, then run
+
+	  # make clean; make install
+
+          !!!!!!!!!! NOTE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
+	  For Red Hat 9, Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS3/ES3/WS3 & Fedora Core1:
+	  # make clean; make installsp1
+
+	  For Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS4/ES4/WS4:
+	  # make clean; make installsp2
+          !!!!!!!!!! NOTE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
+
+	  The driver files "mxser.o" and utilities will be properly compiled
+	  and copied to system directories respectively.
+
+       ------------- Load MOXA driver--------------------
+       3.4.3 Load the MOXA driver
+
+	  # modprobe mxser <argument>
+
+	  will activate the module driver. You may run "lsmod" to check
+	  if "mxser" is activated. If the MOXA board is ISA board, the
+          <argument> is needed. Please refer to section "3.4.5" for more
+          information.
+
+
+       ------------- Load MOXA driver on boot --------------------
+       3.4.4 For the above description, you may manually execute
+          "modprobe mxser" to activate this driver and run
+	  "rmmod mxser" to remove it.
+          However, it's better to have a boot time configuration to
+          eliminate manual operation. Boot time configuration can be
+          achieved by rc file. We offer one "rc.mxser" file to simplify
+          the procedure under "moxa/mxser/driver".
+
+          But if you use ISA board, please modify the "modprobe ..." command
+          to add the argument (see "3.4.5" section). After modifying the
+          rc.mxser, please try to execute "/moxa/mxser/driver/rc.mxser"
+          manually to make sure the modification is ok. If any error
+          encountered, please try to modify again. If the modification is
+          completed, follow the below step.
+
+	  Run following command for setting rc files.
+
+	  # cd /moxa/mxser/driver
+	  # cp ./rc.mxser /etc/rc.d
+	  # cd /etc/rc.d
+
+	  Check "rc.serial" is existed or not. If "rc.serial" doesn't exist,
+	  create it by vi, run "chmod 755 rc.serial" to change the permission.
+	  Add "/etc/rc.d/rc.mxser" in last line,
+
+          Reboot and check if moxa.o activated by "lsmod" command.
+
+       3.4.5. If you'd like to drive Smartio/Industio ISA boards in the system,
+          you'll have to add parameter to specify CAP address of given
+	  board while activating "mxser.o". The format for parameters are
+	  as follows.
+
+	  modprobe mxser ioaddr=0x???,0x???,0x???,0x???
+				|      |     |	  |
+				|      |     |	  +- 4th ISA board
+				|      |     +------ 3rd ISA board
+				|      +------------ 2nd ISA board
+				+------------------- 1st ISA board
+
+   3.5 Static driver configuration for Linux kernel 2.4.x and 2.6.x
+
+       Note: To use static driver, you must install the linux kernel
+             source package.
+
+       3.5.1 Backup the built-in driver in the kernel.
+          # cd /usr/src/linux/drivers/char
+          # mv mxser.c mxser.c.old
+
+          For Red Hat 7.x user, you need to create link:
+          # cd /usr/src
+          # ln -s linux-2.4 linux
+
+       3.5.2 Create link
+	  # cd /usr/src/linux/drivers/char
+	  # ln -s /moxa/mxser/driver/mxser.c mxser.c
+
+       3.5.3 Add CAP address list for ISA boards. For PCI boards user,
+          please skip this step.
+
+	  In module mode, the CAP address for ISA board is given by
+	  parameter. In static driver configuration, you'll have to
+	  assign it within driver's source code. If you will not
+	  install any ISA boards, you may skip to next portion.
+	  The instructions to modify driver source code are as
+	  below.
+	  a. # cd /moxa/mxser/driver
+	     # vi mxser.c
+	  b. Find the array mxserBoardCAP[] as below.
+
+	     static int mxserBoardCAP[]
+	     = {0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00};
+
+	  c. Change the address within this array using vi. For
+	     example, to driver 2 ISA boards with CAP address
+	     0x280 and 0x180 as 1st and 2nd board. Just to change
+	     the source code as follows.
+
+	     static int mxserBoardCAP[]
+	     = {0x280, 0x180, 0x00, 0x00};
+
+       3.5.4 Setup kernel configuration
+
+          Configure the kernel:
+
+            # cd /usr/src/linux
+            # make menuconfig
+
+          You will go into a menu-driven system. Please select [Character
+          devices][Non-standard serial port support], enable the [Moxa
+          SmartIO support] driver with "[*]" for built-in (not "[M]"), then
+          select [Exit] to exit this program.
+
+       3.5.5 Rebuild kernel
+	  The following are for Linux kernel rebuilding, for your
+          reference only.
+	  For appropriate details, please refer to the Linux document.
+
+	   a. cd /usr/src/linux
+	   b. make clean	     /* take a few minutes */
+	   c. make dep		     /* take a few minutes */
+	   d. make bzImage	     /* take probably 10-20 minutes */
+	   e. make install	     /* copy boot image to correct position */
+	   f. Please make sure the boot kernel (vmlinuz) is in the
+	      correct position.
+	   g. If you use 'lilo' utility, you should check /etc/lilo.conf
+	      'image' item specified the path which is the 'vmlinuz' path,
+	      or you will load wrong (or old) boot kernel image (vmlinuz).
+	      After checking /etc/lilo.conf, please run "lilo".
+
+	  Note that if the result of "make bzImage" is ERROR, then you have to
+	  go back to Linux configuration Setup. Type "make menuconfig" in
+          directory /usr/src/linux.
+
+
+       3.5.6 Make tty device and special file
+          # cd /moxa/mxser/driver
+          # ./msmknod
+
+       3.5.7 Make utility
+	  # cd /moxa/mxser/utility
+	  # make clean; make install
+
+       3.5.8 Reboot
+
+
+
+   3.6 Custom configuration
+       Although this driver already provides you default configuration, you
+       still can change the device name and major number. The instruction to
+       change these parameters are shown as below.
+
+       Change Device name
+       ------------------
+       If you'd like to use other device names instead of default naming
+       convention, all you have to do is to modify the internal code
+       within the shell script "msmknod". First, you have to open "msmknod"
+       by vi. Locate each line contains "ttyM" and "cum" and change them
+       to the device name you desired. "msmknod" creates the device names
+       you need next time executed.
+
+       Change Major number
+       -------------------
+       If major number 30 and 35 had been occupied, you may have to select
+       2 free major numbers for this driver. There are 3 steps to change
+       major numbers.
+
+       3.6.1 Find free major numbers
+	  In /proc/devices, you may find all the major numbers occupied
+	  in the system. Please select 2 major numbers that are available.
+	  e.g. 40, 45.
+       3.6.2 Create special files
+	  Run /moxa/mxser/driver/msmknod to create special files with
+	  specified major numbers.
+       3.6.3 Modify driver with new major number
+	  Run vi to open /moxa/mxser/driver/mxser.c. Locate the line
+	  contains "MXSERMAJOR". Change the content as below.
+	  #define	  MXSERMAJOR		  40
+	  #define	  MXSERCUMAJOR		  45
+       3.6.4 Run "make clean; make install" in /moxa/mxser/driver.
+
+   3.7 Verify driver installation
+       You may refer to /var/log/messages to check the latest status
+       log reported by this driver whenever it's activated.
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+4. Utilities
+   There are 3 utilities contained in this driver. They are msdiag, msmon and
+   msterm. These 3 utilities are released in form of source code. They should
+   be compiled into executable file and copied into /usr/bin.
+
+   Before using these utilities, please load driver (refer 3.4 & 3.5) and
+   make sure you had run the "msmknod" utility.
+
+   msdiag - Diagnostic
+   --------------------
+   This utility provides the function to display what Moxa Smartio/Industio
+   board found by driver in the system.
+
+   msmon - Port Monitoring
+   -----------------------
+   This utility gives the user a quick view about all the MOXA ports'
+   activities. One can easily learn each port's total received/transmitted
+   (Rx/Tx) character count since the time when the monitoring is started.
+   Rx/Tx throughputs per second are also reported in interval basis (e.g.
+   the last 5 seconds) and in average basis (since the time the monitoring
+   is started). You can reset all ports' count by <HOME> key. <+> <->
+   (plus/minus) keys to change the displaying time interval. Press <ENTER>
+   on the port, that cursor stay, to view the port's communication
+   parameters, signal status, and input/output queue.
+
+   msterm - Terminal Emulation
+   ---------------------------
+   This utility provides data sending and receiving ability of all tty ports,
+   especially for MOXA ports. It is quite useful for testing simple
+   application, for example, sending AT command to a modem connected to the
+   port or used as a terminal for login purpose. Note that this is only a
+   dumb terminal emulation without handling full screen operation.
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+5. Setserial
+
+   Supported Setserial parameters are listed as below.
+
+   uart		  set UART type(16450-->disable FIFO, 16550A-->enable FIFO)
+   close_delay	  set the amount of time(in 1/100 of a second) that DTR
+		  should be kept low while being closed.
+   closing_wait   set the amount of time(in 1/100 of a second) that the
+		  serial port should wait for data to be drained while
+		  being closed, before the receiver is disable.
+   spd_hi	  Use  57.6kb  when  the application requests 38.4kb.
+   spd_vhi	  Use  115.2kb	when  the application requests 38.4kb.
+   spd_shi	  Use  230.4kb	when  the application requests 38.4kb.
+   spd_warp	  Use  460.8kb	when  the application requests 38.4kb.
+   spd_normal	  Use  38.4kb  when  the application requests 38.4kb.
+   spd_cust	  Use  the custom divisor to set the speed when  the
+		  application requests 38.4kb.
+   divisor	  This option set the custom division.
+   baud_base	  This option set the base baud rate.
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+6. Troubleshooting
+
+   The boot time error messages and solutions are stated as clearly as
+   possible. If all the possible solutions fail, please contact our technical
+   support team to get more help.
+
+
+   Error msg: More than 4 Moxa Smartio/Industio family boards found. Fifth board
+              and after are ignored.
+   Solution:
+   To avoid this problem, please unplug fifth and after board, because Moxa
+   driver supports up to 4 boards.
+
+   Error msg: Request_irq fail, IRQ(?) may be conflict with another device.
+   Solution:
+   Other PCI or ISA devices occupy the assigned IRQ. If you are not sure
+   which device causes the situation, please check /proc/interrupts to find
+   free IRQ and simply change another free IRQ for Moxa board.
+
+   Error msg: Board #: C1xx Series(CAP=xxx) interrupt number invalid.
+   Solution:
+   Each port within the same multiport board shares the same IRQ. Please set
+   one IRQ (IRQ doesn't equal to zero) for one Moxa board.
+
+   Error msg: No interrupt vector be set for Moxa ISA board(CAP=xxx).
+   Solution:
+   Moxa ISA board needs an interrupt vector.Please refer to user's manual
+   "Hardware Installation" chapter to set interrupt vector.
+
+   Error msg: Couldn't install MOXA Smartio/Industio family driver!
+   Solution:
+   Load Moxa driver fail, the major number may conflict with other devices.
+   Please refer to previous section 3.7 to change a free major number for
+   Moxa driver.
+
+   Error msg: Couldn't install MOXA Smartio/Industio family callout driver!
+   Solution:
+   Load Moxa callout driver fail, the callout device major number may
+   conflict with other devices. Please refer to previous section 3.7 to
+   change a free callout device major number for Moxa driver.
+
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
diff --git a/Documentation/serial/n_gsm.txt b/Documentation/serial/n_gsm.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a5d91126
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/serial/n_gsm.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+n_gsm.c GSM 0710 tty multiplexor HOWTO
+===================================================
+
+This line discipline implements the GSM 07.10 multiplexing protocol
+detailed in the following 3GPP document :
+http://www.3gpp.org/ftp/Specs/archive/07_series/07.10/0710-720.zip
+
+This document give some hints on how to use this driver with GPRS and 3G
+modems connected to a physical serial port.
+
+How to use it
+-------------
+1- initialize the modem in 0710 mux mode (usually AT+CMUX= command) through
+its serial port. Depending on the modem used, you can pass more or less
+parameters to this command,
+2- switch the serial line to using the n_gsm line discipline by using
+TIOCSETD ioctl,
+3- configure the mux using GSMIOC_GETCONF / GSMIOC_SETCONF ioctl,
+
+Major parts of the initialization program :
+(a good starting point is util-linux-ng/sys-utils/ldattach.c)
+#include <linux/gsmmux.h>
+#define N_GSM0710	21	/* GSM 0710 Mux */
+#define DEFAULT_SPEED	B115200
+#define SERIAL_PORT	/dev/ttyS0
+
+	int ldisc = N_GSM0710;
+	struct gsm_config c;
+	struct termios configuration;
+
+	/* open the serial port connected to the modem */
+	fd = open(SERIAL_PORT, O_RDWR | O_NOCTTY | O_NDELAY);
+
+	/* configure the serial port : speed, flow control ... */
+
+	/* send the AT commands to switch the modem to CMUX mode
+	   and check that it's successful (should return OK) */
+	write(fd, "AT+CMUX=0\r", 10);
+
+	/* experience showed that some modems need some time before
+	   being able to answer to the first MUX packet so a delay
+	   may be needed here in some case */
+	sleep(3);
+
+	/* use n_gsm line discipline */
+	ioctl(fd, TIOCSETD, &ldisc);
+
+	/* get n_gsm configuration */
+	ioctl(fd, GSMIOC_GETCONF, &c);
+	/* we are initiator and need encoding 0 (basic) */
+	c.initiator = 1;
+	c.encapsulation = 0;
+	/* our modem defaults to a maximum size of 127 bytes */
+	c.mru = 127;
+	c.mtu = 127;
+	/* set the new configuration */
+	ioctl(fd, GSMIOC_SETCONF, &c);
+
+	/* and wait for ever to keep the line discipline enabled */
+	daemon(0,0);
+	pause();
+
+4- create the devices corresponding to the "virtual" serial ports (take care,
+each modem has its configuration and some DLC have dedicated functions,
+for example GPS), starting with minor 1 (DLC0 is reserved for the management
+of the mux)
+
+MAJOR=`cat /proc/devices |grep gsmtty | awk '{print $1}`
+for i in `seq 1 4`; do
+	mknod /dev/ttygsm$i c $MAJOR $i
+done
+
+5- use these devices as plain serial ports.
+for example, it's possible :
+- and to use gnokii to send / receive SMS on ttygsm1
+- to use ppp to establish a datalink on ttygsm2
+
+6- first close all virtual ports before closing the physical port.
+
+Additional Documentation
+------------------------
+More practical details on the protocol and how it's supported by industrial
+modems can be found in the following documents :
+http://www.telit.com/module/infopool/download.php?id=616
+http://www.u-blox.com/images/downloads/Product_Docs/LEON-G100-G200-MuxImplementation_ApplicationNote_%28GSM%20G1-CS-10002%29.pdf
+http://www.sierrawireless.com/Support/Downloads/AirPrime/WMP_Series/~/media/Support_Downloads/AirPrime/Application_notes/CMUX_Feature_Application_Note-Rev004.ashx
+http://wm.sim.com/sim/News/photo/2010721161442.pdf
+
+11-03-08 - Eric Bénard - <eric@eukrea.com>
diff --git a/Documentation/serial/riscom8.txt b/Documentation/serial/riscom8.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..14f61fda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/serial/riscom8.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+* NOTE - this is an unmaintained driver.  The original author cannot be located.
+
+SDL Communications is now SBS Technologies, and does not have any
+information on these ancient ISA cards on their website.
+
+James Nelson <james4765@gmail.com> - 12-12-2004
+
+	This is the README for RISCom/8 multi-port serial driver
+	(C) 1994-1996 D.Gorodchanin
+	See file LICENSE for terms and conditions.
+
+NOTE: English is not my native language. 
+      I'm sorry for any mistakes in this text.
+
+Misc. notes for RISCom/8 serial driver, in no particular order :)
+
+1) This driver can support up to 4 boards at time.
+   Use string "riscom8=0xXXX,0xXXX,0xXXX,0xXXX" at LILO prompt, for
+   setting I/O base addresses for boards. If you compile driver
+   as module use modprobe options "iobase=0xXXX iobase1=0xXXX iobase2=..."
+
+2) The driver partially supports famous 'setserial' program, you can use almost
+   any of its options, excluding port & irq settings.
+
+3) There are some misc. defines at the beginning of riscom8.c, please read the 
+   comments and try to change some of them in case of problems.
+
+4) I consider the current state of the driver as BETA.
+
+5) SDL Communications WWW page is http://www.sdlcomm.com.
+
+6) You can use the MAKEDEV program to create RISCom/8 /dev/ttyL* entries.
+
+7) Minor numbers for first board are 0-7, for second 8-15, etc.
+
+22 Apr 1996.
diff --git a/Documentation/serial/rocket.txt b/Documentation/serial/rocket.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..60b03989
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/serial/rocket.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,189 @@
+Comtrol(tm) RocketPort(R)/RocketModem(TM) Series 
+Device Driver for the Linux Operating System
+
+=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
+
+PRODUCT OVERVIEW
+----------------
+
+This driver provides a loadable kernel driver for the Comtrol RocketPort
+and RocketModem PCI boards. These boards provide, 2, 4, 8, 16, or 32 
+high-speed serial ports or modems.  This driver supports up to a combination
+of four RocketPort or RocketModems boards in one machine simultaneously.
+This file assumes that you are using the RocketPort driver which is
+integrated into the kernel sources.  
+
+The driver can also be installed as an external module using the usual 
+"make;make install" routine.  This external module driver, obtainable 
+from the Comtrol website listed below, is useful for updating the driver
+or installing it into kernels which do not have the driver configured
+into them.  Installations instructions for the external module
+are in the included README and HW_INSTALL files.
+
+RocketPort ISA and RocketModem II PCI boards currently are only supported by
+this driver in module form.
+
+The RocketPort ISA board requires I/O ports to be configured by the DIP
+switches on the board.  See the section "ISA Rocketport Boards" below for
+information on how to set the DIP switches.
+
+You pass the I/O port to the driver using the following module parameters:
+
+board1 :	I/O port for the first ISA board
+board2 :	I/O port for the second ISA board
+board3 :	I/O port for the third ISA board
+board4 :	I/O port for the fourth ISA board
+
+There is a set of utilities and scripts provided with the external driver
+( downloadable from http://www.comtrol.com ) that ease the configuration and
+setup of the ISA cards.
+
+The RocketModem II PCI boards require firmware to be loaded into the card
+before it will function.  The driver has only been tested as a module for this
+board.
+
+=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
+
+INSTALLATION PROCEDURES
+-----------------------
+
+RocketPort/RocketModem PCI cards require no driver configuration, they are 
+automatically detected and configured.
+
+The RocketPort driver can be installed as a module (recommended) or built 
+into the kernel. This is selected, as for other drivers, through the `make config`
+command from the root of the Linux source tree during the kernel build process. 
+
+The RocketPort/RocketModem serial ports installed by this driver are assigned
+device major number 46, and will be named /dev/ttyRx, where x is the port number 
+starting at zero (ex. /dev/ttyR0, /devttyR1, ...).  If you have multiple cards
+installed in the system, the mapping of port names to serial ports is displayed
+in the system log at /var/log/messages.
+
+If installed as a module, the module must be loaded.  This can be done
+manually by entering "modprobe rocket".  To have the module loaded automatically
+upon system boot, edit a /etc/modprobe.d/*.conf file and add the line
+"alias char-major-46 rocket".
+
+In order to use the ports, their device names (nodes) must be created with mknod.
+This is only required once, the system will retain the names once created.  To 
+create the RocketPort/RocketModem device names, use the command 
+"mknod /dev/ttyRx c 46 x" where x is the port number starting at zero.  For example:
+
+>mknod /dev/ttyR0 c 46 0
+>mknod /dev/ttyR1 c 46 1
+>mknod /dev/ttyR2 c 46 2  
+
+The Linux script MAKEDEV will create the first 16 ttyRx device names (nodes)
+for you:
+
+>/dev/MAKEDEV ttyR
+
+=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
+
+ISA Rocketport Boards
+---------------------
+
+You must assign and configure the I/O addresses used by the ISA Rocketport
+card before installing and using it.  This is done by setting a set of DIP
+switches on the Rocketport board.
+
+
+SETTING THE I/O ADDRESS
+-----------------------
+
+Before installing RocketPort(R) or RocketPort RA boards, you must find
+a range of I/O addresses for it to use. The first RocketPort card
+requires a 68-byte contiguous block of I/O addresses, starting at one
+of the following: 0x100h, 0x140h, 0x180h, 0x200h, 0x240h, 0x280h,
+0x300h, 0x340h, 0x380h.  This I/O address must be reflected in the DIP
+switches of *all* of the Rocketport cards.
+
+The second, third, and fourth RocketPort cards require a 64-byte
+contiguous block of I/O addresses, starting at one of the following
+I/O addresses: 0x100h, 0x140h, 0x180h, 0x1C0h, 0x200h, 0x240h, 0x280h,
+0x2C0h, 0x300h, 0x340h, 0x380h, 0x3C0h.  The I/O address used by the
+second, third, and fourth Rocketport cards (if present) are set via
+software control.  The DIP switch settings for the I/O address must be
+set to the value of the first Rocketport cards.
+
+In order to distinguish each of the card from the others, each card
+must have a unique board ID set on the dip switches.  The first
+Rocketport board must be set with the DIP switches corresponding to
+the first board, the second board must be set with the DIP switches
+corresponding to the second board, etc.  IMPORTANT: The board ID is
+the only place where the DIP switch settings should differ between the
+various Rocketport boards in a system.
+
+The I/O address range used by any of the RocketPort cards must not
+conflict with any other cards in the system, including other
+RocketPort cards.  Below, you will find a list of commonly used I/O
+address ranges which may be in use by other devices in your system.
+On a Linux system, "cat /proc/ioports" will also be helpful in
+identifying what I/O addresses are being used by devices on your
+system.
+
+Remember, the FIRST RocketPort uses 68 I/O addresses.  So, if you set it
+for 0x100, it will occupy 0x100 to 0x143.  This would mean that you
+CAN NOT set the second, third or fourth board for address 0x140 since
+the first 4 bytes of that range are used by the first board.  You would
+need to set the second, third, or fourth board to one of the next available
+blocks such as 0x180.
+
+=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
+
+RocketPort and RocketPort RA SW1 Settings:
+
+          +-------------------------------+
+          | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
+          +-------+-------+---------------+
+          | Unused| Card  | I/O Port Block|
+          +-------------------------------+
+
+DIP Switches                             DIP Switches
+7    8                                   6    5
+===================                      ===================
+On   On   UNUSED, MUST BE ON.            On   On   First Card    <==== Default
+                                         On   Off  Second Card
+                                         Off  On   Third Card
+                                         Off  Off  Fourth Card
+
+DIP Switches         I/O Address Range
+4    3    2    1     Used by the First Card
+=====================================
+On   Off  On   Off   100-143
+On   Off  Off  On    140-183
+On   Off  Off  Off   180-1C3       <==== Default
+Off  On   On   Off   200-243
+Off  On   Off  On    240-283
+Off  On   Off  Off   280-2C3
+Off  Off  On   Off   300-343
+Off  Off  Off  On    340-383
+Off  Off  Off  Off   380-3C3
+
+=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
+
+REPORTING BUGS
+--------------
+
+For technical support, please provide the following
+information: Driver version, kernel release, distribution of
+kernel, and type of board you are using. Error messages and log
+printouts port configuration details are especially helpful.
+
+USA
+    Phone: (612) 494-4100
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diff --git a/Documentation/serial/serial-rs485.txt b/Documentation/serial/serial-rs485.txt
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+                        RS485 SERIAL COMMUNICATIONS
+
+1. INTRODUCTION
+
+   EIA-485, also known as TIA/EIA-485 or RS-485, is a standard defining the
+   electrical characteristics of drivers and receivers for use in balanced
+   digital multipoint systems.
+   This standard is widely used for communications in industrial automation
+   because it can be used effectively over long distances and in electrically
+   noisy environments.
+
+2. HARDWARE-RELATED CONSIDERATIONS
+
+   Some CPUs/UARTs (e.g., Atmel AT91 or 16C950 UART) contain a built-in
+   half-duplex mode capable of automatically controlling line direction by
+   toggling RTS or DTR signals. That can be used to control external
+   half-duplex hardware like an RS485 transceiver or any RS232-connected
+   half-duplex devices like some modems.
+
+   For these microcontrollers, the Linux driver should be made capable of
+   working in both modes, and proper ioctls (see later) should be made
+   available at user-level to allow switching from one mode to the other, and
+   vice versa.
+
+3. DATA STRUCTURES ALREADY AVAILABLE IN THE KERNEL
+
+   The Linux kernel provides the serial_rs485 structure (see [1]) to handle
+   RS485 communications. This data structure is used to set and configure RS485
+   parameters in the platform data and in ioctls.
+
+   The device tree can also provide RS485 boot time parameters (see [2]
+   for bindings). The driver is in charge of filling this data structure from
+   the values given by the device tree.
+
+   Any driver for devices capable of working both as RS232 and RS485 should
+   provide at least the following ioctls:
+
+    - TIOCSRS485 (typically associated with number 0x542F). This ioctl is used
+      to enable/disable RS485 mode from user-space
+
+    - TIOCGRS485 (typically associated with number 0x542E). This ioctl is used
+      to get RS485 mode from kernel-space (i.e., driver) to user-space.
+
+   In other words, the serial driver should contain a code similar to the next
+   one:
+
+	static struct uart_ops atmel_pops = {
+		/* ... */
+		.ioctl		= handle_ioctl,
+	};
+
+	static int handle_ioctl(struct uart_port *port,
+		unsigned int cmd,
+		unsigned long arg)
+	{
+		struct serial_rs485 rs485conf;
+
+		switch (cmd) {
+		case TIOCSRS485:
+			if (copy_from_user(&rs485conf,
+				(struct serial_rs485 *) arg,
+				sizeof(rs485conf)))
+					return -EFAULT;
+
+			/* ... */
+			break;
+
+		case TIOCGRS485:
+			if (copy_to_user((struct serial_rs485 *) arg,
+				...,
+				sizeof(rs485conf)))
+					return -EFAULT;
+			/* ... */
+			break;
+
+		/* ... */
+		}
+	}
+
+
+4. USAGE FROM USER-LEVEL
+
+   From user-level, RS485 configuration can be get/set using the previous
+   ioctls. For instance, to set RS485 you can use the following code:
+
+	#include <linux/serial.h>
+
+	/* Driver-specific ioctls: */
+	#define TIOCGRS485      0x542E
+	#define TIOCSRS485      0x542F
+
+	/* Open your specific device (e.g., /dev/mydevice): */
+	int fd = open ("/dev/mydevice", O_RDWR);
+	if (fd < 0) {
+		/* Error handling. See errno. */
+	}
+
+	struct serial_rs485 rs485conf;
+
+	/* Enable RS485 mode: */
+	rs485conf.flags |= SER_RS485_ENABLED;
+
+	/* Set logical level for RTS pin equal to 1 when sending: */
+	rs485conf.flags |= SER_RS485_RTS_ON_SEND;
+	/* or, set logical level for RTS pin equal to 0 when sending: */
+	rs485conf.flags &= ~(SER_RS485_RTS_ON_SEND);
+
+	/* Set logical level for RTS pin equal to 1 after sending: */
+	rs485conf.flags |= SER_RS485_RTS_AFTER_SEND;
+	/* or, set logical level for RTS pin equal to 0 after sending: */
+	rs485conf.flags &= ~(SER_RS485_RTS_AFTER_SEND);
+
+	/* Set rts delay before send, if needed: */
+	rs485conf.delay_rts_before_send = ...;
+
+	/* Set rts delay after send, if needed: */
+	rs485conf.delay_rts_after_send = ...;
+
+	/* Set this flag if you want to receive data even whilst sending data */
+	rs485conf.flags |= SER_RS485_RX_DURING_TX;
+
+	if (ioctl (fd, TIOCSRS485, &rs485conf) < 0) {
+		/* Error handling. See errno. */
+	}
+
+	/* Use read() and write() syscalls here... */
+
+	/* Close the device when finished: */
+	if (close (fd) < 0) {
+		/* Error handling. See errno. */
+	}
+
+5. REFERENCES
+
+ [1]	include/linux/serial.h
+ [2]	Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/rs485.txt
diff --git a/Documentation/serial/specialix.txt b/Documentation/serial/specialix.txt
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/serial/specialix.txt
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+
+      specialix.txt  -- specialix IO8+ multiport serial driver readme.
+
+
+
+      Copyright (C) 1997  Roger Wolff (R.E.Wolff@BitWizard.nl)
+
+      Specialix pays for the development and support of this driver.
+      Please DO contact io8-linux@specialix.co.uk if you require
+      support.
+
+      This driver was developed in the BitWizard linux device
+      driver service. If you require a linux device driver for your
+      product, please contact devices@BitWizard.nl for a quote.
+
+      This code is firmly based on the riscom/8 serial driver,
+      written by Dmitry Gorodchanin. The specialix IO8+ card
+      programming information was obtained from the CL-CD1865 Data
+      Book, and Specialix document number 6200059: IO8+ Hardware
+      Functional Specification, augmented by document number 6200088:
+      Merak Hardware Functional Specification. (IO8+/PCI is also 
+      called Merak)
+
+
+      This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+      modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+      published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
+      the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+      This program is distributed in the hope that it will be
+      useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied
+      warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
+      PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+      You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
+      License along with this program; if not, write to the Free
+      Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139,
+      USA.
+
+
+Intro
+=====
+
+ 
+This file contains some random information, that I like to have online
+instead of in a manual that can get lost. Ever misplace your Linux
+kernel sources?  And the manual of one of the boards in your computer?
+
+
+Addresses and interrupts
+========================
+
+Address dip switch settings:
+The dip switch sets bits 2-9 of the IO address. 
+
+       9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 
+     +-----------------+
+   0 | X   X X X X X X |
+     |                 |    =   IoBase = 0x100 
+   1 |   X             |
+     +-----------------+          ------ RS232 connectors ---->
+         
+         |    |    |
+       edge connector
+         |    |    |
+         V    V    V
+
+Base address 0x100 caused a conflict in one of my computers once.  I
+haven't the foggiest why. My Specialix card is now at 0x180.  My
+other computer runs just fine with the Specialix card at 0x100....
+The card occupies 4 addresses, but actually only two are really used.
+
+The PCI version doesn't have any dip switches. The BIOS assigns
+an IO address. 
+
+The driver now still autoprobes at 0x100, 0x180, 0x250 and 0x260.  If
+that causes trouble for you, please report that. I'll remove
+autoprobing then.
+
+The driver will tell the card what IRQ to use, so you don't have to
+change any jumpers to change the IRQ. Just use a command line
+argument (irq=xx) to the insmod program to set the interrupt.
+
+The BIOS assigns the IRQ on the PCI version. You have no say in what
+IRQ to use in that case. 
+
+If your specialix cards are not at the default locations, you can use
+the kernel command line argument "specialix=io0,irq0,io1,irq1...".
+Here "io0" is the io address for the first card, and "irq0" is the
+irq line that the first card should use. And so on. 
+
+Examples. 
+
+You use the driver as a module and have three cards at 0x100, 0x250
+and 0x180. And some way or another you want them detected in that
+order. Moreover irq 12 is taken (e.g. by your PS/2 mouse).
+
+  insmod specialix.o iobase=0x100,0x250,0x180 irq=9,11,15
+
+The same three cards, but now in the kernel would require you to
+add 
+
+   specialix=0x100,9,0x250,11,0x180,15
+
+to the command line. This would become 
+
+   append="specialix=0x100,9,0x250,11,0x180,15" 
+
+in your /etc/lilo.conf file if you use lilo. 
+
+The Specialix driver is slightly odd: It allows you to have the second
+or third card detected without having a first card. This has
+advantages and disadvantages. A slot that isn't filled by an ISA card,
+might be filled if a PCI card is detected. Thus if you have an ISA
+card at 0x250 and a PCI card, you would get:
+
+sx0: specialix IO8+ Board at 0x100 not found.
+sx1: specialix IO8+ Board at 0x180 not found.
+sx2: specialix IO8+ board detected at 0x250, IRQ 12, CD1865 Rev. B.
+sx3: specialix IO8+ Board at 0x260 not found.
+sx0: specialix IO8+ board detected at 0xd800, IRQ 9, CD1865 Rev. B.
+
+This would happen if you don't give any probe hints to the driver. 
+If you would specify:
+
+   specialix=0x250,11
+
+you'd get the following messages:
+
+sx0: specialix IO8+ board detected at 0x250, IRQ 11, CD1865 Rev. B.
+sx1: specialix IO8+ board detected at 0xd800, IRQ 9, CD1865 Rev. B.
+
+ISA probing is aborted after the IO address you gave is exhausted, and
+the PCI card is now detected as the second card. The ISA card is now
+also forced to IRQ11....
+
+
+Baud rates
+==========
+
+The rev 1.2 and below boards use a CL-CD1864. These chips can only 
+do 64kbit. The rev 1.3 and newer boards use a CL-CD1865. These chips
+are officially capable of 115k2.
+
+The Specialix card uses a 25MHz crystal (in times two mode, which in
+fact is a divided by two mode). This is not enough to reach the rated
+115k2 on all ports at the same time. With this clock rate you can only
+do 37% of this rate. This means that at 115k2 on all ports you are
+going to lose characters (The chip cannot handle that many incoming
+bits at this clock rate.) (Yes, you read that correctly: there is a
+limit to the number of -=bits=- per second that the chip can handle.)
+
+If you near the "limit" you will first start to see a graceful
+degradation in that the chip cannot keep the transmitter busy at all
+times. However with a central clock this slow, you can also get it to
+miss incoming characters. The driver will print a warning message when
+you are outside the official specs. The messages usually show up in
+the file /var/log/messages .
+
+The specialix card cannot reliably do 115k2. If you use it, you have
+to do "extensive testing" (*) to verify if it actually works.
+
+When "mgetty" communicates with my modem at 115k2 it reports:
+got: +++[0d]ATQ0V1H0[0d][0d][8a]O[cb][0d][8a]
+                            ^^^^ ^^^^    ^^^^ 
+
+The three characters that have the "^^^" under them have suffered a
+bit error in the highest bit. In conclusion: I've tested it, and found
+that it simply DOESN'T work for me. I also suspect that this is also
+caused by the baud rate being just a little bit out of tune. 
+
+I upgraded the crystal to 66Mhz on one of my Specialix cards. Works
+great! Contact me for details. (Voids warranty, requires a steady hand
+and more such restrictions....)
+
+
+(*) Cirrus logic CD1864 databook, page 40.
+
+
+Cables for the Specialix IO8+
+=============================
+
+The pinout of the connectors on the IO8+ is:
+
+     pin    short    direction    long name
+            name
+    Pin 1   DCD      input        Data Carrier Detect
+    Pin 2   RXD      input        Receive
+    Pin 3   DTR/RTS  output       Data Terminal Ready/Ready To Send
+    Pin 4   GND      -            Ground
+    Pin 5   TXD      output       Transmit
+    Pin 6   CTS      input        Clear To Send
+        
+    
+             -- 6  5  4  3  2  1 --
+             |                    |
+             |                    |
+             |                    |
+             |                    |
+             +-----          -----+
+                  |__________|
+                      clip
+    
+    Front view of an RJ12 connector. Cable moves "into" the paper.
+    (the plug is ready to plug into your mouth this way...)
+
+    
+    NULL cable. I don't know who is going to use these except for
+    testing purposes, but I tested the cards with this cable. (It 
+    took quite a while to figure out, so I'm not going to delete
+    it. So there! :-)
+    
+    
+    This end goes               This end needs
+    straight into the           some twists in
+    RJ12 plug.                  the wiring.
+       IO8+ RJ12                   IO8+ RJ12
+        1  DCD       white          -
+        -             -             1 DCD
+        2  RXD       black          5 TXD
+        3  DTR/RTS   red            6 CTS
+        4  GND       green          4 GND
+        5  TXD       yellow         2 RXD
+        6  CTS       blue           3 DTR/RTS
+    
+
+    Same NULL cable, but now sorted on the second column.
+ 
+        1  DCD       white          -
+        -             -             1 DCD
+        5  TXD       yellow         2 RXD
+        6  CTS       blue           3 DTR/RTS
+        4  GND       green          4 GND
+        2  RXD       black          5 TXD
+        3  DTR/RTS   red            6 CTS
+    
+    
+    
+    This is a modem cable usable for hardware handshaking:
+        RJ12                        DB25           DB9
+        1   DCD      white          8 DCD          1 DCD
+        2   RXD      black          3 RXD          2 RXD
+        3   DTR/RTS  red            4 RTS          7 RTS
+        4   GND      green          7 GND          5 GND
+        5   TXD      yellow         2 TXD          3 TXD
+        6   CTS      blue           5 CTS          8 CTS
+                            +----   6 DSR          6 DSR
+                            +----  20 DTR          4 DTR
+
+    This is a modem cable usable for software handshaking:
+    It allows you to reset the modem using the DTR ioctls.
+    I (REW) have never tested this, "but xxxxxxxxxxxxx
+    says that it works." If you test this, please
+    tell me and I'll fill in your name on the xxx's.
+
+        RJ12                        DB25           DB9
+        1   DCD      white          8 DCD          1 DCD
+        2   RXD      black          3 RXD          2 RXD
+        3   DTR/RTS  red           20 DTR          4 DTR
+        4   GND      green          7 GND          5 GND
+        5   TXD      yellow         2 TXD          3 TXD
+        6   CTS      blue           5 CTS          8 CTS
+                            +----   6 DSR          6 DSR
+                            +----   4 RTS          7 RTS
+
+   I bought a 6 wire flat cable. It was colored as indicated.
+   Check that yours is the same before you trust me on this.
+   
+ 
+Hardware handshaking issues.
+============================
+
+The driver can be told to operate in two different ways. The default
+behaviour is specialix.sx_rtscts = 0 where the pin behaves as DTR when
+hardware handshaking is off. It behaves as the RTS hardware
+handshaking signal when hardware handshaking is selected.
+
+When you use this, you have to use the appropriate cable. The
+cable will either be compatible with hardware handshaking or with
+software handshaking. So switching on the fly is not really an
+option.
+
+I actually prefer to use the "specialix.sx_rtscts=1" option.
+This makes the DTR/RTS pin always an RTS pin, and ioctls to
+change DTR are always ignored. I have a cable that is configured
+for this. 
+
+
+Ports and devices
+=================
+
+Port 0 is the one furthest from the card-edge connector.
+
+Devices:
+
+You should make the devices as follows:
+
+bash
+cd /dev
+for i in  0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10 11 12 13 14 15 \
+         16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
+do
+  echo -n "$i "
+  mknod /dev/ttyW$i c 75 $i
+  mknod /dev/cuw$i c 76 $i
+done
+echo ""
+
+If your system doesn't come with these devices preinstalled, bug your
+linux-vendor about this. They have had ample time to get this
+implemented by now.
+
+You cannot have more than 4 boards in one computer. The card only
+supports 4 different interrupts. If you really want this, contact me
+about this and I'll give you a few tips (requires soldering iron)....
+
+If you have enough PCI slots, you can probably use more than 4 PCI
+versions of the card though.... 
+
+The PCI version of the card cannot adhere to the mechanical part of
+the PCI spec because the 8 serial connectors are simply too large. If
+it doesn't fit in your computer, bring back the card.
+
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+  Fixed bugs and restrictions:
+       - During initialization, interrupts are blindly turned on.
+            Having a shadow variable would cause an extra memory
+            access on every IO instruction. 
+       - The interrupt (on the card) should be disabled when we
+         don't allocate the Linux end of the interrupt. This allows 
+         a different driver/card to use it while all ports are not in
+         use..... (a la standard serial port)
+       == An extra _off variant of the sx_in and sx_out macros are
+          now available. They don't set the interrupt enable bit.
+          These are used during initialization. Normal operation uses
+          the old variant which enables the interrupt line.
+       - RTS/DTR issue needs to be implemented according to 
+         specialix' spec.
+            I kind of like the "determinism" of the current 
+            implementation. Compile time flag?
+       == Ok. Compile time flag! Default is how Specialix likes it.
+       == Now a config time flag! Gets saved in your config file. Neat!
+       - Can you set the IO address from the lilo command line?
+            If you need this, bug me about it, I'll make it. 
+       == Hah! No bugging needed. Fixed! :-)
+       - Cirrus logic hasn't gotten back to me yet why the CD1865 can
+            and the CD1864 can't do 115k2. I suspect that this is
+            because the CD1864 is not rated for 33MHz operation.
+            Therefore the CD1864 versions of the card can't do 115k2 on 
+            all ports just like the CD1865 versions. The driver does
+            not block 115k2 on CD1864 cards. 
+        == I called the Cirrus Logic representative here in Holland.
+           The CD1864 databook is identical to the CD1865 databook, 
+           except for an extra warning at the end. Similar Bit errors
+           have been observed in testing at 115k2 on both an 1865 and
+           a 1864 chip. I see no reason why I would prohibit 115k2 on
+           1864 chips and not do it on 1865 chips. Actually there is
+           reason to prohibit it on BOTH chips. I print a warning.
+           If you use 115k2, you're on your own. 
+       - A spiky CD may send spurious HUPs. Also in CLOCAL???
+         -- A fix for this turned out to be counter productive. 
+            Different fix? Current behaviour is acceptable?
+         -- Maybe the current implementation is correct. If anybody
+            gets bitten by this, please report, and it will get fixed.
+
+         -- Testing revealed that when in CLOCAL, the problem doesn't
+            occur. As warned for in the CD1865 manual, the chip may
+            send modem intr's on a spike. We could filter those out,
+            but that would be a cludge anyway (You'd still risk getting
+            a spurious HUP when two spikes occur.).....
+ 
+
+
+  Bugs & restrictions:
+       - This is a difficult card to autoprobe.
+            You have to WRITE to the address register to even 
+            read-probe a CD186x register. Disable autodetection?
+         -- Specialix: any suggestions?
+
+
diff --git a/Documentation/serial/stallion.txt b/Documentation/serial/stallion.txt
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
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@@ -0,0 +1,392 @@
+* NOTE - This is an unmaintained driver.  Lantronix, which bought Stallion
+technologies, is not active in driver maintenance, and they have no information
+on when or if they will have a 2.6 driver.
+
+James Nelson <james4765@gmail.com> - 12-12-2004
+
+Stallion Multiport Serial Driver Readme
+---------------------------------------
+
+Copyright (C) 1994-1999,  Stallion Technologies.
+
+Version:   5.5.1
+Date:      28MAR99
+
+
+
+1. INTRODUCTION
+
+There are two drivers that work with the different families of Stallion
+multiport serial boards. One is for the Stallion smart boards - that is
+EasyIO, EasyConnection 8/32 and EasyConnection 8/64-PCI, the other for
+the true Stallion intelligent multiport boards - EasyConnection 8/64
+(ISA, EISA, MCA), EasyConnection/RA-PCI, ONboard and Brumby.
+
+If you are using any of the Stallion intelligent multiport boards (Brumby,
+ONboard, EasyConnection 8/64 (ISA, EISA, MCA), EasyConnection/RA-PCI) with
+Linux you will need to get the driver utility package.  This contains a
+firmware loader and the firmware images necessary to make the devices operate.
+
+The Stallion Technologies ftp site, ftp.stallion.com, will always have
+the latest version of the driver utility package.
+
+ftp://ftp.stallion.com/drivers/ata5/Linux/ata-linux-550.tar.gz
+
+As of the printing of this document the latest version of the driver
+utility package is 5.5.0. If a later version is now available then you
+should use the latest version.
+
+If you are using the EasyIO, EasyConnection 8/32 or EasyConnection 8/64-PCI
+boards then you don't need this package, although it does have a serial stats
+display program.
+
+If you require DIP switch settings, EISA or MCA configuration files, or any
+other information related to Stallion boards then have a look at Stallion's
+web pages at http://www.stallion.com.
+
+
+
+2. INSTALLATION
+
+The drivers can be used as loadable modules or compiled into the kernel.
+You can choose which when doing a "config" on the kernel.
+
+All ISA, EISA and MCA boards that you want to use need to be configured into
+the driver(s). All PCI boards will be automatically detected when you load
+the driver - so they do not need to be entered into the driver(s)
+configuration structure. Note that kernel PCI support is required to use PCI
+boards.
+
+There are two methods of configuring ISA, EISA and MCA boards into the drivers.
+If using the driver as a loadable module then the simplest method is to pass
+the driver configuration as module arguments. The other method is to modify
+the driver source to add configuration lines for each board in use.
+
+If you have pre-built Stallion driver modules then the module argument
+configuration method should be used. A lot of Linux distributions come with
+pre-built driver modules in /lib/modules/X.Y.Z/misc for the kernel in use.
+That makes things pretty simple to get going.
+
+
+2.1 MODULE DRIVER CONFIGURATION:
+
+The simplest configuration for modules is to use the module load arguments
+to configure any ISA, EISA or MCA boards. PCI boards are automatically
+detected, so do not need any additional configuration at all.
+
+If using EasyIO, EasyConnection 8/32 ISA or MCA, or EasyConnection 8/63-PCI
+boards then use the "stallion" driver module, Otherwise if you are using
+an EasyConnection 8/64 ISA, EISA or MCA, EasyConnection/RA-PCI, ONboard,
+Brumby or original Stallion board then use the "istallion" driver module.
+
+Typically to load up the smart board driver use:
+
+    modprobe stallion
+
+This will load the EasyIO and EasyConnection 8/32 driver. It will output a
+message to say that it loaded and print the driver version number. It will
+also print out whether it found the configured boards or not. These messages
+may not appear on the console, but typically are always logged to
+/var/adm/messages or /var/log/syslog files - depending on how the klogd and
+syslogd daemons are setup on your system.
+
+To load the intelligent board driver use:
+
+    modprobe istallion
+
+It will output similar messages to the smart board driver.
+
+If not using an auto-detectable board type (that is a PCI board) then you
+will also need to supply command line arguments to the modprobe command
+when loading the driver. The general form of the configuration argument is
+
+    board?=<name>[,<ioaddr>[,<addr>][,<irq>]]
+
+where:
+
+    board?  -- specifies the arbitrary board number of this board,
+               can be in the range 0 to 3.
+
+    name    -- textual name of this board. The board name is the common
+               board name, or any "shortened" version of that. The board
+               type number may also be used here.
+
+    ioaddr  -- specifies the I/O address of this board. This argument is
+               optional, but should generally be specified.
+
+    addr    -- optional second address argument. Some board types require
+               a second I/O address, some require a memory address. The
+               exact meaning of this argument depends on the board type.
+
+    irq     -- optional IRQ line used by this board.
+
+Up to 4 board configuration arguments can be specified on the load line.
+Here is some examples:
+
+    modprobe stallion board0=easyio,0x2a0,5
+
+This configures an EasyIO board as board 0 at I/O address 0x2a0 and IRQ 5.
+
+    modprobe istallion board3=ec8/64,0x2c0,0xcc000
+
+This configures an EasyConnection 8/64 ISA as board 3 at I/O address 0x2c0 at
+memory address 0xcc000.
+
+    modprobe stallion board1=ec8/32-at,0x2a0,0x280,10
+
+This configures an EasyConnection 8/32 ISA board at primary I/O address 0x2a0,
+secondary address 0x280 and IRQ 10.
+
+You will probably want to enter this module load and configuration information
+into your system startup scripts so that the drivers are loaded and configured
+on each system boot. Typically configuration files are put in the
+/etc/modprobe.d/ directory.
+
+
+2.2 STATIC DRIVER CONFIGURATION:
+
+For static driver configuration you need to modify the driver source code.
+Entering ISA, EISA and MCA boards into the driver(s) configuration structure
+involves editing the driver(s) source file. It's pretty easy if you follow
+the instructions below. Both drivers can support up to 4 boards. The smart
+card driver (the stallion.c driver) supports any combination of EasyIO and
+EasyConnection 8/32 boards (up to a total of 4). The intelligent driver
+supports any combination of ONboards, Brumbys, Stallions and EasyConnection
+8/64 (ISA and EISA) boards (up to a total of 4).
+
+To set up the driver(s) for the boards that you want to use you need to
+edit the appropriate driver file and add configuration entries.
+
+If using EasyIO or EasyConnection 8/32 ISA or MCA boards,
+   In drivers/char/stallion.c:
+      - find the definition of the stl_brdconf array (of structures)
+        near the top of the file
+      - modify this to match the boards you are going to install
+	(the comments before this structure should help)
+      - save and exit
+
+If using ONboard, Brumby, Stallion or EasyConnection 8/64 (ISA or EISA)
+boards,
+   In drivers/char/istallion.c:
+      - find the definition of the stli_brdconf array (of structures)
+        near the top of the file
+      - modify this to match the boards you are going to install
+	(the comments before this structure should help)
+      - save and exit
+
+Once you have set up the board configurations then you are ready to build
+the kernel or modules.
+
+When the new kernel is booted, or the loadable module loaded then the
+driver will emit some kernel trace messages about whether the configured
+boards were detected or not. Depending on how your system logger is set
+up these may come out on the console, or just be logged to
+/var/adm/messages or /var/log/syslog. You should check the messages to
+confirm that all is well.
+
+
+2.3 SHARING INTERRUPTS
+
+It is possible to share interrupts between multiple EasyIO and
+EasyConnection 8/32 boards in an EISA system. To do this you must be using
+static driver configuration, modifying the driver source code to add driver
+configuration. Then a couple of extra things are required:
+
+1. When entering the board resources into the stallion.c file you need to
+   mark the boards as using level triggered interrupts. Do this by replacing
+   the "0" entry at field position 6 (the last field) in the board
+   configuration structure with a "1". (This is the structure that defines
+   the board type, I/O locations, etc. for each board). All boards that are
+   sharing an interrupt must be set this way, and each board should have the
+   same interrupt number specified here as well. Now build the module or
+   kernel as you would normally.
+
+2. When physically installing the boards into the system you must enter
+   the system EISA configuration utility. You will need to install the EISA
+   configuration files for *all* the EasyIO and EasyConnection 8/32 boards
+   that are sharing interrupts. The Stallion EasyIO and EasyConnection 8/32
+   EISA configuration files required are supplied by Stallion Technologies
+   on the EASY Utilities floppy diskette (usually supplied in the box with
+   the board when purchased. If not, you can pick it up from Stallion's FTP
+   site, ftp.stallion.com). You will need to edit the board resources to
+   choose level triggered interrupts, and make sure to set each board's
+   interrupt to the same IRQ number.
+
+You must complete both the above steps for this to work. When you reboot
+or load the driver your EasyIO and EasyConnection 8/32 boards will be
+sharing interrupts.
+
+
+2.4 USING HIGH SHARED MEMORY
+
+The EasyConnection 8/64-EI, ONboard and Stallion boards are capable of
+using shared memory addresses above the usual 640K - 1Mb range. The ONboard
+ISA and the Stallion boards can be programmed to use memory addresses up to
+16Mb (the ISA bus addressing limit), and the EasyConnection 8/64-EI and
+ONboard/E can be programmed for memory addresses up to 4Gb (the EISA bus
+addressing limit).
+
+The higher than 1Mb memory addresses are fully supported by this driver.
+Just enter the address as you normally would for a lower than 1Mb address
+(in the driver's board configuration structure).
+
+
+
+2.5 TROUBLE SHOOTING
+
+If a board is not found by the driver but is actually in the system then the
+most likely problem is that the I/O address is wrong. Change the module load
+argument for the loadable module form. Or change it in the driver stallion.c
+or istallion.c configuration structure and rebuild the kernel or modules, or
+change it on the board.
+
+On EasyIO and EasyConnection 8/32 boards the IRQ is software programmable, so
+if there is a conflict you may need to change the IRQ used for a board. There
+are no interrupts to worry about for ONboard, Brumby or EasyConnection 8/64
+(ISA, EISA and MCA) boards. The memory region on EasyConnection 8/64 and
+ONboard boards is software programmable, but not on the Brumby boards.
+
+
+
+3. USING THE DRIVERS
+
+3.1 INTELLIGENT DRIVER OPERATION
+
+The intelligent boards also need to have their "firmware" code downloaded
+to them. This is done via a user level application supplied in the driver
+utility package called "stlload". Compile this program wherever you dropped
+the package files, by typing "make". In its simplest form you can then type
+
+    ./stlload -i cdk.sys
+
+in this directory and that will download board 0 (assuming board 0 is an
+EasyConnection 8/64 or EasyConnection/RA board). To download to an
+ONboard, Brumby or Stallion do:
+
+    ./stlload -i 2681.sys
+
+Normally you would want all boards to be downloaded as part of the standard
+system startup. To achieve this, add one of the lines above into the
+/etc/rc.d/rc.S or /etc/rc.d/rc.serial file. To download each board just add
+the "-b <brd-number>" option to the line. You will need to download code for
+every board. You should probably move the stlload program into a system
+directory, such as /usr/sbin. Also, the default location of the cdk.sys image
+file in the stlload down-loader is /usr/lib/stallion. Create that directory
+and put the cdk.sys and 2681.sys files in it. (It's a convenient place to put
+them anyway). As an example your /etc/rc.d/rc.S file might have the
+following lines added to it (if you had 3 boards):
+
+    /usr/sbin/stlload -b 0 -i /usr/lib/stallion/cdk.sys
+    /usr/sbin/stlload -b 1 -i /usr/lib/stallion/2681.sys
+    /usr/sbin/stlload -b 2 -i /usr/lib/stallion/2681.sys
+
+The image files cdk.sys and 2681.sys are specific to the board types. The
+cdk.sys will only function correctly on an EasyConnection 8/64 board. Similarly
+the 2681.sys image fill only operate on ONboard, Brumby and Stallion boards.
+If you load the wrong image file into a board it will fail to start up, and
+of course the ports will not be operational!
+
+If you are using the modularized version of the driver you might want to put
+the modprobe calls in the startup script as well (before the download lines
+obviously).
+
+
+3.2 USING THE SERIAL PORTS
+
+Once the driver is installed you will need to setup some device nodes to
+access the serial ports. The simplest method is to use the /dev/MAKEDEV program.
+It will automatically create device entries for Stallion boards. This will
+create the normal serial port devices as /dev/ttyE# where# is the port number
+starting from 0. A bank of 64 minor device numbers is allocated to each board,
+so the first port on the second board is port 64,etc. A set of callout type
+devices may also be created. They are created as the devices /dev/cue# where #
+is the same as for the ttyE devices.
+
+For the most part the Stallion driver tries to emulate the standard PC system
+COM ports and the standard Linux serial driver. The idea is that you should
+be able to use Stallion board ports and COM ports interchangeably without
+modifying anything but the device name. Anything that doesn't work like that
+should be considered a bug in this driver!
+
+If you look at the driver code you will notice that it is fairly closely
+based on the Linux serial driver (linux/drivers/char/serial.c). This is
+intentional, obviously this is the easiest way to emulate its behavior!
+
+Since this driver tries to emulate the standard serial ports as much as
+possible, most system utilities should work as they do for the standard
+COM ports. Most importantly "stty" works as expected and "setserial" can
+also be used (excepting the ability to auto-configure the I/O and IRQ
+addresses of boards). Higher baud rates are supported in the usual fashion
+through setserial or using the CBAUDEX extensions. Note that the EasyIO and
+EasyConnection (all types) support at least 57600 and 115200 baud. The newer
+EasyConnection XP modules and new EasyIO boards support 230400 and 460800
+baud as well. The older boards including ONboard and Brumby support a
+maximum baud rate of 38400.
+
+If you are unfamiliar with how to use serial ports, then get the Serial-HOWTO
+by Greg Hankins. It will explain everything you need to know!
+
+
+
+4. NOTES
+
+You can use both drivers at once if you have a mix of board types installed
+in a system. However to do this you will need to change the major numbers
+used by one of the drivers. Currently both drivers use major numbers 24, 25
+and 28 for their devices. Change one driver to use some other major numbers,
+and then modify the mkdevnods script to make device nodes based on those new
+major numbers. For example, you could change the istallion.c driver to use
+major numbers 60, 61 and 62. You will also need to create device nodes with
+different names for the ports, for example ttyF# and cuf#.
+
+The original Stallion board is no longer supported by Stallion Technologies.
+Although it is known to work with the istallion driver.
+
+Finding a free physical memory address range can be a problem. The older
+boards like the Stallion and ONboard need large areas (64K or even 128K), so
+they can be very difficult to get into a system. If you have 16 Mb of RAM
+then you have no choice but to put them somewhere in the 640K -> 1Mb range.
+ONboards require 64K, so typically 0xd0000 is good, or 0xe0000 on some
+systems. If you have an original Stallion board, "V4.0" or Rev.O, then you
+need a 64K memory address space, so again 0xd0000 and 0xe0000 are good.
+Older Stallion boards are a much bigger problem. They need 128K of address
+space and must be on a 128K boundary. If you don't have a VGA card then
+0xc0000 might be usable - there is really no other place you can put them
+below 1Mb.
+
+Both the ONboard and old Stallion boards can use higher memory addresses as
+well, but you must have less than 16Mb of RAM to be able to use them. Usual
+high memory addresses used include 0xec0000 and 0xf00000.
+
+The Brumby boards only require 16Kb of address space, so you can usually
+squeeze them in somewhere. Common addresses are 0xc8000, 0xcc000, or in
+the 0xd0000 range. EasyConnection 8/64 boards are even better, they only
+require 4Kb of address space, again usually 0xc8000, 0xcc000 or 0xd0000
+are good.
+
+If you are using an EasyConnection 8/64-EI or ONboard/E then usually the
+0xd0000 or 0xe0000 ranges are the best options below 1Mb. If neither of
+them can be used then the high memory support to use the really high address
+ranges is the best option. Typically the 2Gb range is convenient for them,
+and gets them well out of the way.
+
+The ports of the EasyIO-8M board do not have DCD or DTR signals. So these
+ports cannot be used as real modem devices. Generally, when using these
+ports you should only use the cueX devices.
+
+The driver utility package contains a couple of very useful programs. One 
+is a serial port statistics collection and display program - very handy
+for solving serial port problems. The other is an extended option setting
+program that works with the intelligent boards.
+
+
+
+5. DISCLAIMER
+
+The information contained in this document is believed to be accurate and
+reliable. However, no responsibility is assumed by Stallion Technologies
+Pty. Ltd. for its use, nor any infringements of patents or other rights
+of third parties resulting from its use. Stallion Technologies reserves
+the right to modify the design of its products and will endeavour to change
+the information in manuals and accompanying documentation accordingly.
+
diff --git a/Documentation/serial/sx.txt b/Documentation/serial/sx.txt
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+
+      sx.txt  -- specialix SX/SI multiport serial driver readme.
+
+
+
+      Copyright (C) 1997  Roger Wolff (R.E.Wolff@BitWizard.nl)
+
+      Specialix pays for the development and support of this driver.
+      Please DO contact support@specialix.co.uk if you require
+      support.
+
+      This driver was developed in the BitWizard linux device
+      driver service. If you require a linux device driver for your
+      product, please contact devices@BitWizard.nl for a quote.
+
+      (History)
+      There used to be an SI driver by Simon Allan. This is a complete 
+      rewrite  from scratch. Just a few lines-of-code have been snatched.
+
+      (Sources)
+      Specialix document number 6210028: SX Host Card and Download Code
+      Software Functional Specification.
+
+      (Copying)
+      This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+      modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+      published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
+      the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+      This program is distributed in the hope that it will be
+      useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied
+      warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
+      PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+      You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
+      License along with this program; if not, write to the Free
+      Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139,
+      USA.
+      
+      (Addendum)
+      I'd appreciate it that if you have fixes, that you send them
+      to me first. 
+
+
+Introduction
+============
+
+This file contains some random information, that I like to have online
+instead of in a manual that can get lost. Ever misplace your Linux
+kernel sources?  And the manual of one of the boards in your computer?
+
+
+Theory of operation
+===================
+
+An important thing to know is that the driver itself doesn't have the
+firmware for the card. This means that you need the separate package
+"sx_firmware". For now you can get the source at
+
+	ftp://ftp.bitwizard.nl/specialix/sx_firmware_<version>.tgz
+
+The firmware load needs a "misc" device, so you'll need to enable the
+"Support for user misc device modules" in your kernel configuration.
+The misc device needs to be called "/dev/specialix_sxctl". It needs
+misc major 10, and minor number 167 (assigned by HPA). The section
+on creating device files below also creates this device. 
+
+After loading the sx.o module into your kernel, the driver will report
+the number of cards detected, but because it doesn't have any
+firmware, it will not be able to determine the number of ports. Only
+when you then run "sx_firmware" will the firmware be downloaded and
+the rest of the driver initialized. At that time the sx_firmware
+program will report the number of ports installed.
+
+In contrast with many other multi port serial cards, some of the data
+structures are only allocated when the card knows the number of ports
+that are connected. This means we won't waste memory for 120 port
+descriptor structures when you only have 8 ports. If you experience
+problems due to this, please report them: I haven't seen any.
+
+
+Interrupts
+==========
+
+A multi port serial card, would generate a horrendous amount of
+interrupts if it would interrupt the CPU for every received
+character. Even more than 10 years ago, the trick not to use
+interrupts but to poll the serial cards was invented.
+
+The SX card allow us to do this two ways. First the card limits its
+own interrupt rate to a rate that won't overwhelm the CPU. Secondly,
+we could forget about the cards interrupt completely and use the
+internal timer for this purpose.
+
+Polling the card can take up to a few percent of your CPU. Using the
+interrupts would be better if you have most of the ports idle. Using
+timer-based polling is better if your card almost always has work to
+do. You save the separate interrupt in that case.
+
+In any case, it doesn't really matter all that much. 
+
+The most common problem with interrupts is that for ISA cards in a PCI
+system the BIOS has to be told to configure that interrupt as "legacy
+ISA". Otherwise the card can pull on the interrupt line all it wants
+but the CPU won't see this.
+
+If you can't get the interrupt to work, remember that polling mode is
+more efficient (provided you actually use the card intensively).
+
+
+Allowed Configurations
+======================
+
+Some configurations are disallowed. Even though at a glance they might
+seem to work, they are known to lockup the bus between the host card
+and the device concentrators. You should respect the drivers decision
+not to support certain configurations. It's there for a reason.
+
+Warning: Seriously technical stuff ahead. Executive summary: Don't use
+SX cards except configured at a 64k boundary. Skip the next paragraph.
+
+The SX cards can theoretically be placed at a 32k boundary. So for
+instance you can put an SX card at 0xc8000-0xd7fff. This is not a
+"recommended configuration". ISA cards have to tell the bus controller
+how they like their timing. Due to timing issues they have to do this
+based on which 64k window the address falls into. This means that the
+32k window below and above the SX card have to use exactly the same
+timing as the SX card. That reportedly works for other SX cards. But
+you're still left with two useless 32k windows that should not be used
+by anybody else.
+
+
+Configuring the driver
+======================
+
+PCI cards are always detected. The driver auto-probes for ISA cards at
+some sensible addresses. Please report if the auto-probe causes trouble
+in your system, or when a card isn't detected.
+
+I'm afraid I haven't implemented "kernel command line parameters" yet.
+This means that if the default doesn't work for you, you shouldn't use
+the compiled-into-the-kernel version of the driver. Use a module
+instead.  If you convince me that you need this, I'll make it for
+you. Deal?
+
+I'm afraid that the module parameters are a bit clumsy. If you have a
+better idea, please tell me.
+
+You can specify several parameters:
+
+	sx_poll: number of jiffies between timer-based polls.
+
+		Set this to "0" to disable timer based polls. 
+                Initialization of cards without a working interrupt
+                will fail.
+
+		Set this to "1" if you want a polling driver. 
+		(on Intel: 100 polls per second). If you don't use
+                fast baud rates, you might consider a value like "5". 
+                (If you don't know how to do the math, use 1).
+
+	sx_slowpoll: Number of jiffies between timer-based polls. 
+ 		Set this to "100" to poll once a second. 
+		This should get the card out of a stall if the driver
+                ever misses an interrupt. I've never seen this happen,
+                and if it does, that's a bug. Tell me. 
+
+	sx_maxints: Number of interrupts to request from the card. 
+		The card normally limits interrupts to about 100 per
+		second to offload the host CPU. You can increase this
+		number to reduce latency on the card a little.
+		Note that if you give a very high number you can overload
+		your CPU as well as the CPU on the host card. This setting 
+		is inaccurate and not recommended for SI cards (But it 
+		works). 
+
+	sx_irqmask: The mask of allowable IRQs to use. I suggest you set 
+		this to 0 (disable IRQs all together) and use polling if 
+		the assignment of IRQs becomes problematic. This is defined
+		as the sum of (1 << irq) 's that you want to allow. So 
+		sx_irqmask of 8 (1 << 3) specifies that only irq 3 may
+		be used by the SX driver. If you want to specify to the 
+		driver: "Either irq 11 or 12 is ok for you to use", then
+		specify (1 << 11) | (1 << 12) = 0x1800 . 
+
+	sx_debug: You can enable different sorts of debug traces with this. 
+		At "-1" all debugging traces are active. You'll get several
+		times more debugging output than you'll get characters 
+		transmitted. 
+
+
+Baud rates
+==========
+
+Theoretically new SXDCs should be capable of more than 460k
+baud. However the line drivers usually give up before that.  Also the
+CPU on the card may not be able to handle 8 channels going at full
+blast at that speed. Moreover, the buffers are not large enough to
+allow operation with 100 interrupts per second. You'll have to realize
+that the card has a 256 byte buffer, so you'll have to increase the
+number of interrupts per second if you have more than 256*100 bytes
+per second to transmit.  If you do any performance testing in this
+area, I'd be glad to hear from you...
+
+(Psst Linux users..... I think the Linux driver is more efficient than
+the driver for other OSes. If you can and want to benchmark them
+against each other, be my guest, and report your findings...... :-)
+
+
+Ports and devices
+=================
+
+Port 0 is the top connector on the module closest to the host
+card. Oh, the ports on the SXDCs and TAs are labelled from 1 to 8
+instead of from 0 to 7, as they are numbered by linux. I'm stubborn in
+this: I know for sure that I wouldn't be able to calculate which port
+is which anymore if I would change that....
+
+
+Devices:
+
+You should make the device files as follows:
+
+#!/bin/sh
+# (I recommend that you cut-and-paste this into a file and run that)
+cd /dev
+t=0
+mknod specialix_sxctl c 10 167
+while [ $t -lt 64 ]
+  do 
+  echo -n "$t "
+  mknod ttyX$t c 32 $t
+  mknod cux$t  c 33 $t
+  t=`expr $t + 1`
+done
+echo ""
+rm /etc/psdevtab
+ps > /dev/null
+
+
+This creates 64 devices. If you have more, increase the constant on
+the line with "while". The devices start at 0, as is customary on
+Linux. Specialix seems to like starting the numbering at 1. 
+
+If your system doesn't come with these devices pre-installed, bug your
+linux-vendor about this. They should have these devices
+"pre-installed" before the new millennium. The "ps" stuff at the end
+is to "tell" ps that the new devices exist.
+
+Officially the maximum number of cards per computer is 4. This driver
+however supports as many cards in one machine as you want. You'll run
+out of interrupts after a few, but you can switch to polled operation
+then. At about 256 ports (More than 8 cards), we run out of minor
+device numbers. Sorry. I suggest you buy a second computer.... (Or
+switch to RIO).
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+  Fixed bugs and restrictions:
+	- Hangup processing.  
+	  -- Done.
+
+	- the write path in generic_serial (lockup / oops). 
+	  -- Done (Ugly: not the way I want it. Copied from serial.c).
+
+        - write buffer isn't flushed at close.
+	  -- Done. I still seem to lose a few chars at close. 
+	     Sorry. I think that this is a firmware issue. (-> Specialix)
+
+	- drain hardware before  changing termios
+	- Change debug on the fly. 
+	- ISA free irq -1. (no firmware loaded).
+	- adding c8000 as a probe address. Added warning. 
+	- Add a RAMtest for the RAM on the card.c
+        - Crash when opening a port "way" of the number of allowed ports. 
+          (for example opening port 60 when there are only 24 ports attached)
+	- Sometimes the use-count strays a bit. After a few hours of
+          testing the use count is sometimes "3". If you are not like
+          me and can remember what you did to get it that way, I'd
+          appreciate an Email. Possibly fixed. Tell me if anyone still
+          sees this.
+	- TAs don't work right if you don't connect all the modem control
+	  signals. SXDCs do. T225 firmware problem -> Specialix. 
+	  (Mostly fixed now, I think. Tell me if you encounter this!)
+
+  Bugs & restrictions:
+
+	- Arbitrary baud rates. Requires firmware update. (-> Specialix)
+
+	- Low latency (mostly firmware, -> Specialix)
+
+
+
diff --git a/Documentation/serial/tty.txt b/Documentation/serial/tty.txt
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+
+			The Lockronomicon
+
+Your guide to the ancient and twisted locking policies of the tty layer and
+the warped logic behind them. Beware all ye who read on.
+
+FIXME: still need to work out the full set of BKL assumptions and document
+them so they can eventually be killed off.
+
+
+Line Discipline
+---------------
+
+Line disciplines are registered with tty_register_ldisc() passing the
+discipline number and the ldisc structure. At the point of registration the 
+discipline must be ready to use and it is possible it will get used before
+the call returns success. If the call returns an error then it won't get
+called. Do not re-use ldisc numbers as they are part of the userspace ABI
+and writing over an existing ldisc will cause demons to eat your computer.
+After the return the ldisc data has been copied so you may free your own 
+copy of the structure. You must not re-register over the top of the line
+discipline even with the same data or your computer again will be eaten by
+demons.
+
+In order to remove a line discipline call tty_unregister_ldisc().
+In ancient times this always worked. In modern times the function will
+return -EBUSY if the ldisc is currently in use. Since the ldisc referencing
+code manages the module counts this should not usually be a concern.
+
+Heed this warning: the reference count field of the registered copies of the
+tty_ldisc structure in the ldisc table counts the number of lines using this
+discipline. The reference count of the tty_ldisc structure within a tty 
+counts the number of active users of the ldisc at this instant. In effect it
+counts the number of threads of execution within an ldisc method (plus those
+about to enter and exit although this detail matters not).
+
+Line Discipline Methods
+-----------------------
+
+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. 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
+			execution no further users will enter the
+			ldisc code for this tty. Can sleep.
+
+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.
+			The return value is ignored. Can sleep.
+
+write()		-	A process is writing data through the line
+			discipline.  Multiple write calls are serialized
+			by the tty layer for the ldisc.  May sleep. 
+
+flush_buffer()	-	(optional) May be called at any point between
+			open and close, and instructs the line discipline
+			to empty its input buffer.
+
+chars_in_buffer() -	(optional) Report the number of bytes in the input
+			buffer.
+
+set_termios()	-	(optional) Called on termios structure changes.
+			The caller passes the old termios data and the
+			current data is in the tty. Called under the
+			termios semaphore so allowed to sleep. Serialized
+			against itself only.
+
+read()		-	Move data from the line discipline to the user.
+			Multiple read calls may occur in parallel and the
+			ldisc must deal with serialization issues. May 
+			sleep.
+
+poll()		-	Check the status for the poll/select calls. Multiple
+			poll calls may occur in parallel. May sleep.
+
+ioctl()		-	Called when an ioctl is handed to the tty layer
+			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
+			for processing. Semantics currently rather
+			mysterious 8(
+
+write_wakeup()	-	May be called at any point between open and close.
+			The TTY_DO_WRITE_WAKEUP flag indicates if a call
+			is needed but always races versus calls. Thus the
+			ldisc must be careful about setting order and to
+			handle unexpected calls. Must not sleep.
+
+			The driver is forbidden from calling this directly
+			from the ->write call from the ldisc as the ldisc
+			is permitted to call the driver write method from
+			this function. In such a situation defer it.
+
+dcd_change()	-	Report to the tty line the current DCD pin status
+			changes and the relative timestamp. The timestamp
+			cannot be NULL.
+
+
+Driver Access
+
+Line discipline methods can call the following methods of the underlying
+hardware driver through the function pointers within the tty->driver
+structure:
+
+write()			Write a block of characters to the tty device.
+			Returns the number of characters accepted. The
+			character buffer passed to this method is already
+			in kernel space.
+
+put_char()		Queues a character for writing to the tty device.
+			If there is no room in the queue, the character is
+			ignored.
+
+flush_chars()		(Optional) If defined, must be called after
+			queueing characters with put_char() in order to
+			start transmission.
+
+write_room()		Returns the numbers of characters the tty driver
+			will accept for queueing to be written.
+
+ioctl()			Invoke device specific ioctl.
+			Expects data pointers to refer to userspace.
+			Returns ENOIOCTLCMD for unrecognized ioctl numbers.
+
+set_termios()		Notify the tty driver that the device's termios
+			settings have changed. New settings are in
+			tty->termios. Previous settings should be passed in
+			the "old" argument.
+
+			The API is defined such that the driver should return
+			the actual modes selected. This means that the
+			driver function is responsible for modifying any
+			bits in the request it cannot fulfill to indicate
+			the actual modes being used. A device with no
+			hardware capability for change (eg a USB dongle or
+			virtual port) can provide NULL for this method.
+
+throttle()		Notify the tty driver that input buffers for the
+			line discipline are close to full, and it should
+			somehow signal that no more characters should be
+			sent to the tty.
+
+unthrottle()		Notify the tty driver that characters can now be
+			sent to the tty without fear of overrunning the
+			input buffers of the line disciplines.
+
+stop()			Ask the tty driver to stop outputting characters
+			to the tty device.
+
+start()			Ask the tty driver to resume sending characters
+			to the tty device.
+
+hangup()		Ask the tty driver to hang up the tty device.
+
+break_ctl()		(Optional) Ask the tty driver to turn on or off
+			BREAK status on the RS-232 port.  If state is -1,
+			then the BREAK status should be turned on; if
+			state is 0, then BREAK should be turned off.
+			If this routine is not implemented, use ioctls
+			TIOCSBRK / TIOCCBRK instead.
+
+wait_until_sent()	Waits until the device has written out all of the
+			characters in its transmitter FIFO.
+
+send_xchar()		Send a high-priority XON/XOFF character to the device.
+
+
+Flags
+
+Line discipline methods have access to tty->flags field containing the
+following interesting flags:
+
+TTY_THROTTLED		Driver input is throttled. The ldisc should call
+			tty->driver->unthrottle() in order to resume
+			reception when it is ready to process more data.
+
+TTY_DO_WRITE_WAKEUP	If set, causes the driver to call the ldisc's
+			write_wakeup() method in order to resume
+			transmission when it can accept more data
+			to transmit.
+
+TTY_IO_ERROR		If set, causes all subsequent userspace read/write
+			calls on the tty to fail, returning -EIO.
+
+TTY_OTHER_CLOSED	Device is a pty and the other side has closed.
+
+TTY_NO_WRITE_SPLIT	Prevent driver from splitting up writes into
+			smaller chunks.
+
+
+Locking
+
+Callers to the line discipline functions from the tty layer are required to
+take line discipline locks. The same is true of calls from the driver side
+but not yet enforced.
+
+Three calls are now provided
+
+	ldisc = tty_ldisc_ref(tty);
+
+takes a handle to the line discipline in the tty and returns it. If no ldisc
+is currently attached or the ldisc is being closed and re-opened at this
+point then NULL is returned. While this handle is held the ldisc will not
+change or go away.
+
+	tty_ldisc_deref(ldisc)
+
+Returns the ldisc reference and allows the ldisc to be closed. Returning the
+reference takes away your right to call the ldisc functions until you take
+a new reference.
+
+	ldisc = tty_ldisc_ref_wait(tty);
+
+Performs the same function as tty_ldisc_ref except that it will wait for an
+ldisc change to complete and then return a reference to the new ldisc. 
+
+While these functions are slightly slower than the old code they should have
+minimal impact as most receive logic uses the flip buffers and they only
+need to take a reference when they push bits up through the driver.
+
+A caution: The ldisc->open(), ldisc->close() and driver->set_ldisc 
+functions are called with the ldisc unavailable. Thus tty_ldisc_ref will
+fail in this situation if used within these functions. Ldisc and driver
+code calling its own functions must be careful in this case. 
+
+
+Driver Interface
+----------------
+
+open()		-	Called when a device is opened. May sleep
+
+close()		-	Called when a device is closed. At the point of
+			return from this call the driver must make no 
+			further ldisc calls of any kind. May sleep
+
+write()		-	Called to write bytes to the device. May not
+			sleep. May occur in parallel in special cases. 
+			Because this includes panic paths drivers generally
+			shouldn't try and do clever locking here.
+
+put_char()	-	Stuff a single character onto the queue. The
+			driver is guaranteed following up calls to
+			flush_chars.
+
+flush_chars()	-	Ask the kernel to write put_char queue
+
+write_room()	-	Return the number of characters tht can be stuffed
+			into the port buffers without overflow (or less).
+			The ldisc is responsible for being intelligent
+ 			about multi-threading of write_room/write calls
+
+ioctl()		-	Called when an ioctl may be for the driver
+
+set_termios()	-	Called on termios change, serialized against
+			itself by a semaphore. May sleep.
+
+set_ldisc()	-	Notifier for discipline change. At the point this 
+			is done the discipline is not yet usable. Can now
+			sleep (I think)
+
+throttle()	-	Called by the ldisc to ask the driver to do flow
+			control.  Serialization including with unthrottle
+			is the job of the ldisc layer.
+
+unthrottle()	-	Called by the ldisc to ask the driver to stop flow
+			control.
+
+stop()		-	Ldisc notifier to the driver to stop output. As with
+			throttle the serializations with start() are down
+			to the ldisc layer.
+
+start()		-	Ldisc notifier to the driver to start output.
+
+hangup()	-	Ask the tty driver to cause a hangup initiated
+			from the host side. [Can sleep ??]
+
+break_ctl()	-	Send RS232 break. Can sleep. Can get called in
+			parallel, driver must serialize (for now), and
+			with write calls.
+
+wait_until_sent() -	Wait for characters to exit the hardware queue
+			of the driver. Can sleep
+
+send_xchar()	  -	Send XON/XOFF and if possible jump the queue with
+			it in order to get fast flow control responses.
+			Cannot sleep ??
+