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mxser: Documentation, remove traces of callout device 

Callout devices are ancient history, so remove its traces from mxser's
documentation.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210618061516.662-68-jslaby@suse.cz
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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Jiri Slaby 2021-06-18 08:15:13 +02:00 committed by Greg Kroah-Hartman
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Documentation/driver-api/serial/moxa-smartio.rst
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@ -147,13 +147,7 @@ or::
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".
The device node is named "ttyMxx".
Device naming when more than 2 boards installed
-----------------------------------------------
@ -161,18 +155,13 @@ 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Under Kernel 2.6 and upper, the cum Device is Obsolete. So use ttyM*
device instead.
============ ===============
Board Num. Device node
1st board ttyM0 - ttyM7
2nd board ttyM8 - ttyM15
3rd board ttyM16 - ttyM23
4th board ttyM24 - ttyM31
============ ===============
3.4 Module driver configuration
===============================
@ -204,13 +193,10 @@ Device naming when more than 2 boards installed
# 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
This shell script will require the major number for the device. You also
need to specify the total installed MOXA board number. 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
@ -516,11 +502,3 @@ msterm - Terminal Emulation
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.