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termios: document callback more clearly

Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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      Documentation/tty.txt

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Documentation/tty.txt

@@ -132,6 +132,14 @@ set_termios()		Notify the tty driver that the device's termios
 			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