Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

diff -u --new-file --recursive --exclude-from /usr/src/exclude 
linux.vanilla-2.6.24-rc2-mm1/Documentation/tty.txt 
linux-2.6.24-rc2-mm1/Documentation/tty.txt
--- linux.vanilla-2.6.24-rc2-mm1/Documentation/tty.txt  2007-11-16 
17:20:39.000000000 +0000
+++ linux-2.6.24-rc2-mm1/Documentation/tty.txt  2007-11-16 18:10:43.000000000 
+0000
@@ -132,6 +132,14 @@
                        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
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