Fix typos in Documentation/: 'S'

This patch fixes typos in various Documentation txts. The patch addresses some words starting with the letter 'S'. Signed-off-by: Matt LaPlante <kernel1@cyberdogtech.com> Acked-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
2026-05-01 15:00:59 -07:00 · 2006-10-03 22:55:17 +02:00
parent d6bc8ac9e1
commit 53cb47268e
30 changed files with 72 additions and 71 deletions
@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@ The rcu_read_lock() and rcu_read_unlock() primitive read-acquire
 and release a global reader-writer lock.  The synchronize_rcu()
 primitive write-acquires this same lock, then immediately releases
 it.  This means that once synchronize_rcu() exits, all RCU read-side
-critical sections that were in progress before synchonize_rcu() was
+critical sections that were in progress before synchronize_rcu() was
 called are guaranteed to have completed -- there is no way that
 synchronize_rcu() would have been able to write-acquire the lock
 otherwise.
@@ -890,7 +890,7 @@ Aside:

  Kvec i/o:

-  Ben LaHaise's aio code uses a slighly different structure instead
+  Ben LaHaise's aio code uses a slightly different structure instead
  of kiobufs, called a kvec_cb. This contains an array of <page, offset, len>
  tuples (very much like the networking code), together with a callback function
  and data pointer. This is embedded into a brw_cb structure when passed
@@ -988,7 +988,7 @@ elevator_exit_fn		Allocate and free any elevator specific storage
 				for a queue.

 4.2 Request flows seen by I/O schedulers
-All requests seens by I/O schedulers strictly follow one of the following three
+All requests seen by I/O schedulers strictly follow one of the following three
 flows.

 set_req_fn ->
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@

-     CPU frequency and voltage scaling statictics in the Linux(TM) kernel
+     CPU frequency and voltage scaling statistics in the Linux(TM) kernel


             L i n u x    c p u f r e q - s t a t s   d r i v e r
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ Contents
 1. Introduction

 cpufreq-stats is a driver that provices CPU frequency statistics for each CPU.
-This statistics is provided in /sysfs as a bunch of read_only interfaces. This
-interface (when configured) will appear in a seperate directory under cpufreq
+These statistics are provided in /sysfs as a bunch of read_only interfaces. This
+interface (when configured) will appear in a separate directory under cpufreq
 in /sysfs (<sysfs root>/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/cpufreq/stats/) for each CPU.
 Various statistics will form read_only files under this directory.

@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ basic statistics which includes time_in_state and total_trans.

 "CPU frequency translation statistics details" (CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_STAT_DETAILS)
 provides fine grained cpufreq stats by trans_table. The reason for having a
-seperate config option for trans_table is:
+separate config option for trans_table is:
 - trans_table goes against the traditional /sysfs rule of one value per
  interface. It provides a whole bunch of value in a 2 dimensional matrix
  form.
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Hardware supported by the linuxtv.org DVB drivers
  frontends (i.e. tuner / demodulator units) used, usually without
  changing the product name, revision number or specs. Some cards
  are also available in versions with different frontends for
-  DVB-S/DVB-C/DVB-T. Thus the frontend drivers are listed seperately.
+  DVB-S/DVB-C/DVB-T. Thus the frontend drivers are listed separately.

  Note 1: There is no guarantee that every frontend driver works
  out of the box with every card, because of different wiring.
@@ -137,23 +137,23 @@ Bugs
 	- The driver is 16 bpp only, 24/32 won't work.
 	- The driver is not your_favorite_toy-safe. this includes SMP...
          [Actually from inspection it seems to be safe - Alan]
-	- when using XFree86 FBdev (X over fbdev) you may see strange color
+	- When using XFree86 FBdev (X over fbdev) you may see strange color
 	patterns at the border of your windows (the pixels lose the lowest
-	byte -> basicaly the blue component nd some of the green) . I'm unable
+	byte -> basically the blue component and some of the green). I'm unable
 	to reproduce this with XFree86-3.3, but one of the testers has this
-	problem with XFree86-4. apparently recent Xfree86-4.x solve this
+	problem with XFree86-4. Apparently recent Xfree86-4.x solve this
 	problem.
 	- I didn't really test changing the palette, so you may find some weird
 	things when playing with that.
-	- Sometimes the driver will not recognise the DAC , and the
-        initialisation will fail. this is specificaly true for
-	voodoo 2 boards , but it should be solved in recent versions. please
-	contact me .
-	- the 24/32 is not likely to work anytime soon , knowing that the
-	hardware does ... unusual thigs in 24/32 bpp
-	- When used with anther video board, current limitations of linux
-	console subsystem can cause some troubles, specificaly, you should
-	disable software scrollback , as it can oops badly ...
+	- Sometimes the driver will not recognise the DAC, and the
+        initialisation will fail. This is specifically true for
+	voodoo 2 boards, but it should be solved in recent versions. Please
+	contact me.
+	- The 24/32 is not likely to work anytime soon, knowing that the
+	hardware does ... unusual things in 24/32 bpp.
+	- When used with another video board, current limitations of the linux
+	console subsystem can cause some troubles, specifically, you should
+	disable software scrollback, as it can oops badly ...

 Todo

@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ using the group _init() functions on the group.

 Finally, when userspace calls rmdir(2) on the item or group,
 ct_group_ops->drop_item() is called.  As a config_group is also a
-config_item, it is not necessary for a seperate drop_group() method.
+config_item, it is not necessary for a separate drop_group() method.
 The subsystem must config_item_put() the reference that was initialized
 upon item allocation.  If a subsystem has no work to do, it may omit
 the ct_group_ops->drop_item() method, and configfs will call
@@ -1255,7 +1255,7 @@ to allocate (but not use) more memory than is actually available.
 		address space are refused. Used for a typical system. It
 		ensures a seriously wild allocation fails while allowing
 		overcommit to reduce swap usage.  root is allowed to
-		allocate slighly more memory in this mode. This is the
+		allocate slightly more memory in this mode. This is the
 		default.

 1	-	Always overcommit. Appropriate for some scientific
@@ -1857,7 +1857,7 @@ proxy_qlen

 Maximum queue length of the delayed proxy arp timer. (see proxy_delay).

-app_solcit
+app_solicit
 ----------

 Determines the  number of requests to send to the user level ARP daemon. Use 0
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ several reasons why such integration is hard/impossible:
 The primary users of precision timers are user-space applications that
 utilize nanosleep, posix-timers and itimer interfaces. Also, in-kernel
 users like drivers and subsystems which require precise timed events
-(e.g. multimedia) can benefit from the availability of a seperate
+(e.g. multimedia) can benefit from the availability of a separate
 high-resolution timer subsystem as well.

 While this subsystem does not offer high-resolution clock sources just
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ The increasing demand for realtime and multimedia applications along
 with other potential users for precise timers gives another reason to
 separate the "timeout" and "precise timer" subsystems.

-Another potential benefit is that such a seperation allows even more
+Another potential benefit is that such a separation allows even more
 special-purpose optimization of the existing timer wheel for the low
 resolution and low precision use cases - once the precision-sensitive
 APIs are separated from the timer wheel and are migrated over to
@@ -96,8 +96,8 @@ file systems. The rbtree is solely used for time sorted ordering, while
 a separate list is used to give the expiry code fast access to the
 queued timers, without having to walk the rbtree.

-(This seperate list is also useful for later when we'll introduce
-high-resolution clocks, where we need seperate pending and expired
+(This separate list is also useful for later when we'll introduce
+high-resolution clocks, where we need separate pending and expired
 queues while keeping the time-order intact.)

 Time-ordered enqueueing is not purely for the purposes of
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ Line 3  Format			: 888888888888


 Format description:
-  From a user space perspective the world is seperated in "digits" and "icons".
+  From a userspace perspective the world is separated into "digits" and "icons".
  A digit can have a character set, an icon can only be ON or OFF.

  Format specifier
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ applicable everywhere (see syntax).
  the indentation level, this means it ends at the first line which has
  a smaller indentation than the first line of the help text.
  "---help---" and "help" do not differ in behaviour, "---help---" is
-  used to help visually seperate configuration logic from help within
+  used to help visually separate configuration logic from help within
  the file as an aid to developers.


@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ menuconfig:
 	"menuconfig" <symbol>
 	<config options>

-This is similiar to the simple config entry above, but it also gives a
+This is similar to the simple config entry above, but it also gives a
 hint to front ends, that all suboptions should be displayed as a
 separate list of options.

@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ which begin with '//' are the comments.
 //	initialised.
 // AUXP - Auxiliary Pattern Indication - 01010101.. received.
 // LFA  - Loss of Frame Alignment - no frame sync received.
-// RRA  - Receive Remote Alarm - the remote end's OK, but singnals error cond.
+// RRA  - Receive Remote Alarm - the remote end's OK, but signals error cond.
 // LMFA - Loss of CRC4 Multiframe Alignment - no CRC4 multiframe sync.
 // NMF  - No Multiframe alignment Found after 400 msec - no such alarm using
 //	no-crc4 or crc4 framing, see below.
@@ -364,6 +364,6 @@ Treat them very carefully, these can cause much trouble!

 	# echo >lbireg 0x1d 0x21

-		- Swithing the loop off:
+		- Switching the loop off:

 	# echo >lbireg 0x1d 0x00
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ This driver is rather simple to use. Select Y to Token Ring adapter support
 in the kernel configuration. A choice for SMC Token Ring adapters will
 appear. This drives supports all SMC ISA/MCA adapters. Choose this
 option. I personally recommend compiling the driver as a module (M), but if you
-you would like to compile it staticly answer Y instead.
+you would like to compile it statically answer Y instead.

 This driver supports multiple adapters without the need to load multiple copies
 of the driver. You should be able to load up to 7 adapters without any kernel
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ This driver is rather simple to use. Select Y to Token Ring adapter support
 in the kernel configuration. A choice for SysKonnect Token Ring adapters will
 appear. This drives supports all SysKonnect ISA and PCI adapters. Choose this
 option. I personally recommend compiling the driver as a module (M), but if you
-you would like to compile it staticly answer Y instead.
+you would like to compile it statically answer Y instead.

 This driver supports multiple adapters without the need to load multiple copies
 of the driver. You should be able to load up to 7 adapters without any kernel
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ If you want to trick swsusp/S3 into working, you might want to try:

 * turn off APIC and preempt

-* use ext2. At least it has working fsck. [If something seemes to go
+* use ext2. At least it has working fsck. [If something seems to go
  wrong, force fsck when you have a chance]

 * turn off modules
@@ -550,11 +550,11 @@ Here's the basic structure of a single node:
     * [child nodes if any]
     * token OF_DT_END_NODE (that is 0x00000002)

-So the node content can be summmarised as a start token, a full path,
-a list of properties, a list of child node and an end token. Every
+So the node content can be summarised as a start token, a full path,
+a list of properties, a list of child nodes, and an end token. Every
 child node is a full node structure itself as defined above.

-4) Device tree 'strings" block
+4) Device tree "strings" block

 In order to save space, property names, which are generally redundant,
 are stored separately in the "strings" block. This block is simply the
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ a range of I/O addresses for it to use. The first RocketPort card
 requires a 68-byte contiguous block of I/O addresses, starting at one
 of the following: 0x100h, 0x140h, 0x180h, 0x200h, 0x240h, 0x280h,
 0x300h, 0x340h, 0x380h.  This I/O address must be reflected in the DIP
-switiches of *all* of the Rocketport cards.
+switches of *all* of the Rocketport cards.

 The second, third, and fourth RocketPort cards require a 64-byte
 contiguous block of I/O addresses, starting at one of the following
@@ -317,9 +317,9 @@ Each process/thread under Linux for S390 has its own kernel task_struct
 defined in linux/include/linux/sched.h
 The S390 on initialisation & resuming of a process on a cpu sets
 the __LC_KERNEL_STACK variable in the spare prefix area for this cpu
-( which we use for per processor globals).
+(which we use for per-processor globals).

-The kernel stack pointer is intimately tied with the task stucture for
+The kernel stack pointer is intimately tied with the task structure for
 each processor as follows.

                      s/390
@@ -973,8 +973,9 @@ through the pipe for each line containing the string open.

 Example 3
 ---------
-Getting sophistocated
-telnetd crashes on & I don't know why
+Getting sophisticated
+telnetd crashes & I don't know why
+
 Steps
 -----
 1) Replace the following line in /etc/inetd.conf
@@ -1836,7 +1837,7 @@ RDRLIST
 RECEIVE / LOG TXT A1 ( replace
 8)
 filel & press F11 to look at it
-You should see someting like.
+You should see something like:

 00020942' SSCH  B2334000    0048813C    CC 0    SCH 0000    DEV 7C08
          CPA 000FFDF0   PARM 00E2C9C4    KEY 0  FPI C0  LPM 80
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ This loads the module and sets the DCSS name to "MYDCSS".

 NOTE:
 -----
-This API provides no interface to control the *MONITOR service, e.g. specifiy
+This API provides no interface to control the *MONITOR service, e.g. specify
 which data should be collected. This can be done by the CP command MONITOR
 (Class E privileged), see "CP Command and Utility Reference".

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Introduction
 -------------------------
 The aacraid driver adds support for Adaptec (http://www.adaptec.com)
 RAID controllers. This is a major rewrite from the original
-Adaptec supplied driver. It has signficantly cleaned up both the code
+Adaptec supplied driver. It has significantly cleaned up both the code
 and the running binary size (the module is less than half the size of
 the original).

@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ The following information is available in this file:
          an SDTR with an offset of 0 to be sure the target
          knows we are async.  This works around a firmware defect
          in the Quantum Atlas 10K.
-        - Implement controller susupend and resume.
+        - Implement controller suspend and resume.
        - Clear PCI error state during driver attach so that we
          don't disable memory mapped I/O due to a stray write
          by some other driver probe that occurred before we
--- a/Show More
+++ b/Show More