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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

@@ -132,6 +132,14 @@ set_termios()		Notify the tty driver that the device's termios
 			tty->termios. Previous settings should be passed in
 			tty->termios. Previous settings should be passed in
 			the "old" argument.
 			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
 throttle()		Notify the tty driver that input buffers for the
 			line discipline are close to full, and it should
 			line discipline are close to full, and it should
 			somehow signal that no more characters should be
 			somehow signal that no more characters should be