From 6c28f2c0f2054865d82b5a6b2164eac956f15c94 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matt LaPlante Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2006 22:46:31 +0200 Subject: Fix typos in Documentation/: 'B'-'C' This patch fixes typos in various Documentation txts. This patch addresses some words starting with the letters 'B'-'C'. There are also a few grammar fixes thrown in for Randy. ;) Signed-off-by: Matt LaPlante Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk --- Documentation/IPMI.txt | 2 +- Documentation/block/barrier.txt | 2 +- Documentation/cciss.txt | 2 +- Documentation/dell_rbu.txt | 2 +- Documentation/dvb/faq.txt | 2 +- Documentation/filesystems/befs.txt | 2 +- Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs.txt | 2 +- Documentation/input/atarikbd.txt | 2 +- Documentation/input/yealink.txt | 2 +- Documentation/networking/dl2k.txt | 2 +- Documentation/networking/packet_mmap.txt | 16 ++++++++-------- Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt | 12 ++++++------ Documentation/s390/Debugging390.txt | 16 ++++++++-------- Documentation/scsi/aic7xxx.txt | 2 +- Documentation/scsi/dpti.txt | 2 +- Documentation/sound/alsa/MIXART.txt | 2 +- Documentation/uml/UserModeLinux-HOWTO.txt | 2 +- Documentation/video4linux/cx2341x/fw-decoder-api.txt | 2 +- Documentation/video4linux/sn9c102.txt | 2 +- 19 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/IPMI.txt b/Documentation/IPMI.txt index e5b93510e35..0e3924ecd76 100644 --- a/Documentation/IPMI.txt +++ b/Documentation/IPMI.txt @@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ BMCs specified on the smb_addr line will be detected. Setting smb_dbg_probe to 1 will enable debugging of the probing and detection process for BMCs on the SMBusses. -Discovering the IPMI compilant BMC on the SMBus can cause devices +Discovering the IPMI compliant BMC on the SMBus can cause devices on the I2C bus to fail. The SMBus driver writes a "Get Device ID" IPMI message as a block write to the I2C bus and waits for a response. This action can be detrimental to some I2C devices. It is highly recommended diff --git a/Documentation/block/barrier.txt b/Documentation/block/barrier.txt index 03971518b22..761073eae10 100644 --- a/Documentation/block/barrier.txt +++ b/Documentation/block/barrier.txt @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ of the following three ways. i. For devices which have queue depth greater than 1 (TCQ devices) and support ordered tags, block layer can just issue the barrier as an ordered request and the lower level driver, controller and drive -itself are responsible for making sure that the ordering contraint is +itself are responsible for making sure that the ordering constraint is met. Most modern SCSI controllers/drives should support this. NOTE: SCSI ordered tag isn't currently used due to limitation in the diff --git a/Documentation/cciss.txt b/Documentation/cciss.txt index 9c629ffa0e5..45a738b8150 100644 --- a/Documentation/cciss.txt +++ b/Documentation/cciss.txt @@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ side during the SCSI error recovery process, the cciss driver only implements the first two of these actions, aborting the command, and resetting the device. Additionally, most tape drives will not oblige in aborting commands, and sometimes it appears they will not even -obey a reset coommand, though in most circumstances they will. In +obey a reset command, though in most circumstances they will. In the case that the command cannot be aborted and the device cannot be reset, the device will be set offline. diff --git a/Documentation/dell_rbu.txt b/Documentation/dell_rbu.txt index fb18c5dc8ab..8c93d881379 100644 --- a/Documentation/dell_rbu.txt +++ b/Documentation/dell_rbu.txt @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ The driver supports two types of update mechanism; monolithic and packetized. These update mechanism depends upon the BIOS currently running on the system. Most of the Dell systems support a monolithic update where the BIOS image is copied to a single contiguous block of physical memory. -In case of packet mechanism the single memory can be broken in smaller chuks +In case of packet mechanism the single memory can be broken in smaller chunks of contiguous memory and the BIOS image is scattered in these packets. By default the driver uses monolithic memory for the update type. This can be diff --git a/Documentation/dvb/faq.txt b/Documentation/dvb/faq.txt index a42132d60dc..0b2399e6b90 100644 --- a/Documentation/dvb/faq.txt +++ b/Documentation/dvb/faq.txt @@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ Some very frequently asked questions about linuxtv-dvb - v4l2-common: common functions for Video4Linux-2 drivers - - v4l1-compat: backward compatiblity layer for Video4Linux-1 legacy + - v4l1-compat: backward compatibility layer for Video4Linux-1 legacy applications - dvb-core: DVB core module. This provides you with the diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/befs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/befs.txt index 877a7b1d46e..8b7d732bfb6 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/befs.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/befs.txt @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ if the patching step fails (i.e. there are rejected hunks), you can try to figure it out yourself (it shouldn't be hard), or mail the maintainer (Will Dyson ) for help. -step 2. Configuretion & make kernel +step 2. Configuration & make kernel The linux kernel has many compile-time options. Most of them are beyond the scope of this document. I suggest the Kernel-HOWTO document as a good general diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs.txt index e6e7526619b..1a6d45930eb 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs.txt @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -configfs - Userspace-driven kernel object configuation. +configfs - Userspace-driven kernel object configuration. Joel Becker diff --git a/Documentation/input/atarikbd.txt b/Documentation/input/atarikbd.txt index c16a5df2f1f..c8f99a0a907 100644 --- a/Documentation/input/atarikbd.txt +++ b/Documentation/input/atarikbd.txt @@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ controller memory. The time between data bytes must be less than 20ms. 0x20 ; memory access { data } ; 6 data bytes starting at ADR -This comand permits the host to read from the ikbd controller memory. +This command permits the host to read from the ikbd controller memory. 9.26 CONTROLLER EXECUTE diff --git a/Documentation/input/yealink.txt b/Documentation/input/yealink.txt index 0962c5c948b..8bf2addadb4 100644 --- a/Documentation/input/yealink.txt +++ b/Documentation/input/yealink.txt @@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ Format description: Format specifier '8' : Generic 7 segment digit with individual addressable segments - Reduced capabillity 7 segm digit, when segments are hard wired together. + Reduced capability 7 segm digit, when segments are hard wired together. '1' : 2 segments digit only able to produce a 1. 'e' : Most significant day of the month digit, able to produce at least 1 2 3. diff --git a/Documentation/networking/dl2k.txt b/Documentation/networking/dl2k.txt index a3a3c6e08ce..10e8490fa40 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/dl2k.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/dl2k.txt @@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ rx_timeout=n - Rx DMA wait time for an interrupt. reach timeout of n * 640 nano seconds. Set proper rx_coalesce and rx_timeout can reduce congestion collapse and overload which - has been a bottlenect for high speed network. + has been a bottleneck for high speed network. For example, rx_coalesce=10 rx_timeout=800. that is, hardware assert only 1 interrupt diff --git a/Documentation/networking/packet_mmap.txt b/Documentation/networking/packet_mmap.txt index 781626261e3..d1c5a4804bf 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/packet_mmap.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/packet_mmap.txt @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ the following process: [setup] socket() -------> creation of the capture socket setsockopt() ---> allocation of the circular buffer (ring) - mmap() ---------> maping of the allocated buffer to the + mmap() ---------> mapping of the allocated buffer to the user process [capture] poll() ---------> to wait for incoming packets @@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ The destruction of the socket and all associated resources is done by a simple call to close(fd). Next I will describe PACKET_MMAP settings and it's constraints, -also the maping of the circular buffer in the user process and +also the mapping of the circular buffer in the user process and the use of this buffer. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -153,8 +153,8 @@ we will get the following buffer structure: A frame can be of any size with the only condition it can fit in a block. A block can only hold an integer number of frames, or in other words, a frame cannot -be spawn accross two blocks so there are some datails you have to take into -account when choosing the frame_size. See "Maping and use of the circular +be spawned accross two blocks, so there are some details you have to take into +account when choosing the frame_size. See "Mapping and use of the circular buffer (ring)". @@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ i386 architecture: = 4096 bytes = 11 -and a value for of 2048 byteas. These parameters will yield +and a value for of 2048 bytes. These parameters will yield = 131072/4 = 32768 blocks = 4096 << 11 = 8 MiB. @@ -311,14 +311,14 @@ the following (from include/linux/if_packet.h): tp_frame_size must be a multiple of TPACKET_ALIGNMENT tp_frame_nr must be exactly frames_per_block*tp_block_nr -Note that tp_block_size should be choosed to be a power of two or there will +Note that tp_block_size should be chosen to be a power of two or there will be a waste of memory. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -+ Maping and use of the circular buffer (ring) ++ Mapping and use of the circular buffer (ring) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -The maping of the buffer in the user process is done with the conventional +The mapping of the buffer in the user process is done with the conventional mmap function. Even the circular buffer is compound of several physically discontiguous blocks of memory, they are contiguous to the user space, hence just one call to mmap is needed: diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt index 5c0ba235f5a..e80e03637a6 100644 --- a/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt +++ b/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt @@ -732,12 +732,12 @@ address which can extend beyond that limit. that typically get driven by the same platform code in the kernel, you would use a different "model" property but put a value in "compatible". The kernel doesn't directly use that - value (see /chosen/linux,platform for how the kernel choses a + value (see /chosen/linux,platform for how the kernel chooses a platform type) but it is generally useful. The root node is also generally where you add additional properties specific to your board like the serial number if any, that sort of - thing. it is recommended that if you add any "custom" property whose + thing. It is recommended that if you add any "custom" property whose name may clash with standard defined ones, you prefix them with your vendor name and a comma. @@ -817,7 +817,7 @@ address which can extend beyond that limit. your board. It's a list of addresses/sizes concatenated together, with the number of cells of each defined by the #address-cells and #size-cells of the root node. For example, - with both of these properties beeing 2 like in the example given + with both of these properties being 2 like in the example given earlier, a 970 based machine with 6Gb of RAM could typically have a "reg" property here that looks like: @@ -970,7 +970,7 @@ device-tree in another format. The currently supported formats are: - "asm": assembly language file. This is a file that can be sourced by gas to generate a device-tree "blob". That file can then simply be added to your Makefile. Additionally, the - assembly file exports some symbols that can be use + assembly file exports some symbols that can be used. The syntax of the dtc tool is @@ -984,10 +984,10 @@ generated. Supported versions are 1,2,3 and 16. The default is currently version 3 but that may change in the future to version 16. Additionally, dtc performs various sanity checks on the tree, like the -uniqueness of linux,phandle properties, validity of strings, etc... +uniqueness of linux, phandle properties, validity of strings, etc... The format of the .dts "source" file is "C" like, supports C and C++ -style commments. +style comments. / { } diff --git a/Documentation/s390/Debugging390.txt b/Documentation/s390/Debugging390.txt index 0bb4512e8a6..a6555dbfa08 100644 --- a/Documentation/s390/Debugging390.txt +++ b/Documentation/s390/Debugging390.txt @@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ s/390 z/Architecture 1 1 64 bit 32 1=31 bit addressing mode 0=24 bit addressing mode (for backward - compatibility ), linux always runs with this bit set to 1 + compatibility), linux always runs with this bit set to 1 33-64 Instruction address. 33-63 Reserved must be 0 @@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ they go to 64 Bit. On 390 our limitations & strengths make us slightly different. For backward compatibility we are only allowed use 31 bits (2GB) -of our 32 bit addresses,however, we use entirely separate address +of our 32 bit addresses, however, we use entirely separate address spaces for the user & kernel. This means we can support 2GB of non Extended RAM on s/390, & more @@ -1311,7 +1311,7 @@ for finding out when a particular variable changes. An alternative way of finding the STD of a currently running process is to do the following, ( this method is more complex but -could be quite convient if you aren't updating the kernel much & +could be quite convenient if you aren't updating the kernel much & so your kernel structures will stay constant for a reasonable period of time ). @@ -2045,13 +2045,13 @@ what gdb does when the victim receives certain signals. list: e.g. list lists current function source -list 1,10 list first 10 lines of curret file. +list 1,10 list first 10 lines of current file. list test.c:1,10 directory: Adds directories to be searched for source if gdb cannot find the source. -(note it is a bit sensititive about slashes ) +(note it is a bit sensititive about slashes) e.g. To add the root of the filesystem to the searchpath do directory // @@ -2123,9 +2123,9 @@ p/x (*(**$sp+56))&0x7fffffff Disassembling instructions without debug info --------------------------------------------- -gdb typically compains if there is a lack of debugging -symbols in the disassemble command with -"No function contains specified address." to get around +gdb typically complains if there is a lack of debugging +symbols in the disassemble command with +"No function contains specified address." To get around this do x/xi
e.g. diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/aic7xxx.txt b/Documentation/scsi/aic7xxx.txt index 3481fcded4c..9b894f116d9 100644 --- a/Documentation/scsi/aic7xxx.txt +++ b/Documentation/scsi/aic7xxx.txt @@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ The following information is available in this file: 6.2.34 (May 5th, 2003) - Fix locking regression instroduced in 6.2.29 that - could cuase a lock order reversal between the io_request_lock + could cause a lock order reversal between the io_request_lock and our per-softc lock. This was only possible on RH9, SuSE, and kernel.org 2.4.X kernels. diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/dpti.txt b/Documentation/scsi/dpti.txt index 6e45e70243e..f36dc0e7c8d 100644 --- a/Documentation/scsi/dpti.txt +++ b/Documentation/scsi/dpti.txt @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ * Implemented suggestions from Alan Cox * Added calculation of resid for sg layer * Better error handling - * Added checking underflow condtions + * Added checking underflow conditions * Added DATAPROTECT checking * Changed error return codes * Fixed pointer bug in bus reset routine diff --git a/Documentation/sound/alsa/MIXART.txt b/Documentation/sound/alsa/MIXART.txt index 5cb97061287..0db6ca7db28 100644 --- a/Documentation/sound/alsa/MIXART.txt +++ b/Documentation/sound/alsa/MIXART.txt @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ With a miXart8AES/EBU there is in addition 1 stereo digital input Formats ------- U8, S16_LE, S16_BE, S24_3LE, S24_3BE, FLOAT_LE, FLOAT_BE -Sample rates : 8000 - 48000 Hz continously +Sample rates : 8000 - 48000 Hz continuously Playback -------- diff --git a/Documentation/uml/UserModeLinux-HOWTO.txt b/Documentation/uml/UserModeLinux-HOWTO.txt index b7390000bf2..60e482bdf8f 100644 --- a/Documentation/uml/UserModeLinux-HOWTO.txt +++ b/Documentation/uml/UserModeLinux-HOWTO.txt @@ -1020,7 +1020,7 @@ Note that the IP address you assign to the host end of the tap device must be different than the IP you assign to the eth device inside UML. - If you are short on IPs and don't want to comsume two per UML, then + If you are short on IPs and don't want to consume two per UML, then you can reuse the host's eth IP address for the host ends of the tap devices. Internally, the UMLs must still get unique IPs for their eth devices. You can also give the UMLs non-routable IPs (192.168.x.x or diff --git a/Documentation/video4linux/cx2341x/fw-decoder-api.txt b/Documentation/video4linux/cx2341x/fw-decoder-api.txt index 9df4fb3ea0f..78bf5f21e51 100644 --- a/Documentation/video4linux/cx2341x/fw-decoder-api.txt +++ b/Documentation/video4linux/cx2341x/fw-decoder-api.txt @@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ Param[0] Name CX2341X_DEC_GET_XFER_INFO Enum 9/0x09 Description - This API call may be used to detect an end of stream condtion. + This API call may be used to detect an end of stream condition. Result[0] Stream type Result[1] diff --git a/Documentation/video4linux/sn9c102.txt b/Documentation/video4linux/sn9c102.txt index 1d20895b435..b737a865e86 100644 --- a/Documentation/video4linux/sn9c102.txt +++ b/Documentation/video4linux/sn9c102.txt @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ It's worth to note that SONiX has never collaborated with the author during the development of this project, despite several requests for enough detailed specifications of the register tables, compression engine and video data format of the above chips. Nevertheless, these informations are no longer necessary, -becouse all the aspects related to these chips are known and have been +because all the aspects related to these chips are known and have been described in detail in this documentation. The driver relies on the Video4Linux2 and USB core modules. It has been -- cgit v1.2.3-18-g5258