Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/tty-2.6

* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/tty-2.6: (49 commits)
  serial8250: ratelimit "too much work" error
  serial: bfin_sport_uart: speed up sport RX sample rate to be 3% faster
  serial: abstraction for 8250 legacy ports
  serial/imx: check that the buffer is non-empty before sending it out
  serial: mfd: add more baud rates support
  jsm: Remove the uart port on errors
  Alchemy: Add UART PM methods.
  8250: allow platforms to override PM hook.
  altera_uart: Don't use plain integer as NULL pointer
  altera_uart: Fix missing prototype for registering an early console
  altera_uart: Fixup type usage of port flags
  altera_uart: Make it possible to use Altera UART and 8250 ports together
  altera_uart: Add support for different address strides
  altera_uart: Add support for getting mapbase and IRQ from resources
  altera_uart: Add support for polling mode (IRQ-less)
  serial: Factor out uart_poll_timeout() from 8250 driver
  serial: mark the 8250 driver as maintained
  serial: 8250: Don't delay after transmitter is ready.
  tty: MAINTAINERS: add drivers/serial/jsm/ as maintained driver
  vcs: invoke the vt update callback when /dev/vcs* is written to
  ...

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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
index a6aca8740883..98223a676940 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
@@ -1075,6 +1075,7 @@ Table 1-11: Files in /proc/tty
  drivers       list of drivers and their usage                
  ldiscs        registered line disciplines                    
  driver/serial usage statistic and status of single tty lines 
+ consoles      registered system console lines
 ..............................................................................
 
 To see  which  tty's  are  currently in use, you can simply look into the file
@@ -1093,6 +1094,37 @@ To see  which  tty's  are  currently in use, you can simply look into the file
   /dev/tty             /dev/tty        5       0 system:/dev/tty 
   unknown              /dev/tty        4    1-63 console 
 
+To see which character device lines are currently used for the system console
+/dev/console, you may simply look into the file /proc/tty/consoles:
+
+  > cat /proc/tty/consoles
+  tty0                 -WU (ECp)       4:7
+  ttyS0                -W- (Ep)        4:64
+
+The columns are:
+
+  device               name of the device
+  operations           R = can do read operations
+                       W = can do write operations
+                       U = can do unblank
+  flags                E = it is enabled
+                       C = it is prefered console
+                       B = it is primary boot console
+                       p = it is used for printk buffer
+                       b = it is not a TTY but a Braille device
+                       a = it is safe to use when cpu is offline
+                       * = it is standard input of the reading process
+  major:minor          major and minor number of the device separated by a colon
+
+If the reading process holds /dev/console open at the regular standard input
+stream the active device will be marked by an asterisk:
+
+  > cat /proc/tty/consoles < /dev/console
+  tty0                 -WU (ECp*)      4:7
+  ttyS0                -W- (Ep)        4:64
+  > tty
+  /dev/pts/3
+
 
 1.8 Miscellaneous kernel statistics in /proc/stat
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