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+/*
+ * hvc_console.h
+ * Copyright (C) 2005 IBM Corporation
+ *
+ * Author(s):
+ * Ryan S. Arnold <rsa@us.ibm.com>
+ *
+ * hvc_console header information:
+ * moved here from include/asm-powerpc/hvconsole.h
+ * and drivers/char/hvc_console.c
+ *
+ * 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., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+ */
+
+#ifndef HVC_CONSOLE_H
+#define HVC_CONSOLE_H
+
+/*
+ * This is the max number of console adapters that can/will be found as
+ * console devices on first stage console init. Any number beyond this range
+ * can't be used as a console device but is still a valid tty device.
+ */
+#define MAX_NR_HVC_CONSOLES 16
+
+/*
+ * The Linux TTY code does not support dynamic addition of tty derived devices
+ * so we need to know how many tty devices we might need when space is allocated
+ * for the tty device. Since this driver supports hotplug of vty adapters we
+ * need to make sure we have enough allocated.
+ */
+#define HVC_ALLOC_TTY_ADAPTERS 8
+
+
+/* implemented by a low level driver */
+struct hv_ops {
+ int (*get_chars)(uint32_t vtermno, char *buf, int count);
+ int (*put_chars)(uint32_t vtermno, const char *buf, int count);
+};
+
+struct hvc_struct;
+
+/* Register a vterm and a slot index for use as a console (console_init) */
+extern int hvc_instantiate(uint32_t vtermno, int index, struct hv_ops *ops);
+
+/* register a vterm for hvc tty operation (module_init or hotplug add) */
+extern struct hvc_struct * __devinit hvc_alloc(uint32_t vtermno, int irq,
+ struct hv_ops *ops);
+/* remove a vterm from hvc tty operation (modele_exit or hotplug remove) */
+extern int __devexit hvc_remove(struct hvc_struct *hp);
+
+#endif // HVC_CONSOLE_H