Merge tag 'tty-4.18-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/tty

Pull tty/serial updates from Greg KH:
 "Here is the big tty/serial driver update for 4.18-rc1.

  There's nothing major here, just lots of serial driver updates. Full
  details are in the shortlog, nothing anything specific to call out
  here.

  All have been in linux-next for a while with no reported issues"

* tag 'tty-4.18-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/tty: (55 commits)
  vt: Perform safe console erase only once
  serial: imx: disable UCR4_OREN on shutdown
  serial: imx: drop CTS/RTS handling from shutdown
  tty: fix typo in ASYNCB_FOURPORT comment
  serial: samsung: check DMA engine capabilities before using DMA mode
  tty: Fix data race in tty_insert_flip_string_fixed_flag
  tty: serial: msm_geni_serial: Fix TX infinite loop
  serial: 8250_dw: Fix runtime PM handling
  serial: 8250: omap: Fix idling of clocks for unused uarts
  tty: serial: drop ATH79 specific SoC symbols
  serial: 8250: Add missing rxtrig_bytes on Altera 16550 UART
  serial/aspeed-vuart: fix a couple mod_timer() calls
  serial: sh-sci: Use spin_{try}lock_irqsave instead of open coding version
  serial: 8250_of: Add IO space support
  tty/serial: atmel: use port->name as name in request_irq()
  serial: imx: dma_unmap_sg buffers on shutdown
  serial: imx: cleanup imx_uart_disable_dma()
  tty: serial: qcom_geni_serial: Add early console support
  tty: serial: qcom_geni_serial: Return IRQ_NONE for spurious interrupts
  tty: serial: qcom_geni_serial: Use iowrite32_rep to write to FIFO
  ...

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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 9d699c85d8fe..1beb30d8d7fc 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1020,6 +1020,12 @@
 			address. The serial port must already be setup
 			and configured. Options are not yet supported.
 
+		qcom_geni,<addr>
+			Start an early, polled-mode console on a Qualcomm
+			Generic Interface (GENI) based serial port at the
+			specified address. The serial port must already be
+			setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
+
 	earlyprintk=	[X86,SH,ARM,M68k,S390]
 			earlyprintk=vga
 			earlyprintk=efi