- Operations are now a shared const function block as with most other Linux
  objects

- Introduce wrappers for some optional functions to get consistent behaviour

- Wrap put_char which used to be patched by the tty layer

- Document which functions are needed/optional

- Make put_char report success/fail

- Cache the driver->ops pointer in the tty as tty->ops

- Remove various surplus lock calls we no longer need

- Remove proc_write method as noted by Alexey Dobriyan

- Introduce some missing sanity checks where certain driver/ldisc
  combinations would oops as they didn't check needed methods were present

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix fs/compat_ioctl.c build]
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix isicom]
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix arch/ia64/hp/sim/simserial.c build]
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix kgdb]
Signed-off-by: NAlan Cox <alan@redhat.com>
Acked-by: NGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Cc: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Fix the run time configuration of kgdboc such that it does not default
to 9600 baud if you use the "echo" command to configure the sysfs
module paramater.
Signed-off-by: NJason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
Signed-off-by: NIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

polled console handling support, to access a console in an irq-less
way while in debug or irq context.

absolutely zero impact as long as CONFIG_CONSOLE_POLL is disabled.
(which is the default)

[ jan.kiszka@siemens.com: lots of cleanups ]
[ mingo@elte.hu: redesign, splitups, cleanups. ]
Signed-off-by: NJason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
Signed-off-by: NIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: NJan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@web.de>
Reviewed-by: NThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>