Fix typos in /Documentation : Misc

This patch fixes typos in various Documentation txts. The patch addresses some misc words. Signed-off-by: Matt LaPlante <kernel1@cyberdogtech.com> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
2026-05-01 15:00:59 -07:00 · 2006-11-30 05:21:10 +01:00
parent 4ae0edc21b
commit 5d3f083d8f
35 changed files with 67 additions and 67 deletions
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ it, the pci dma mapping routines and associated data structures have now been
 modified to accomplish a direct page -> bus translation, without requiring
 a virtual address mapping (unlike the earlier scheme of virtual address
 -> bus translation). So this works uniformly for high-memory pages (which
-do not have a correponding kernel virtual address space mapping) and
+do not have a corresponding kernel virtual address space mapping) and
 low-memory pages.

 Note: Please refer to DMA-mapping.txt for a discussion on PCI high mem DMA
@@ -1013,7 +1013,7 @@ Characteristics:
 i. Binary tree
 AS and deadline i/o schedulers use red black binary trees for disk position
 sorting and searching, and a fifo linked list for time-based searching. This
-gives good scalability and good availablility of information. Requests are
+gives good scalability and good availability of information. Requests are
 almost always dispatched in disk sort order, so a cache is kept of the next
 request in sort order to prevent binary tree lookups.

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@

-The cpufreq-nforce2 driver changes the FSB on nVidia nForce2 plattforms.
+The cpufreq-nforce2 driver changes the FSB on nVidia nForce2 platforms.

-This works better than on other plattforms, because the FSB of the CPU
+This works better than on other platforms, because the FSB of the CPU
 can be controlled independently from the PCI/AGP clock.

 The module has two options:
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ additional_cpus=n (*)	Use this to limit hotpluggable cpus. This option sets

 ia64 and x86_64 use the number of disabled local apics in ACPI tables MADT
 to determine the number of potentially hot-pluggable cpus. The implementation
-should only rely on this to count the #of cpus, but *MUST* not rely on the
-apicid values in those tables for disabled apics. In the event BIOS doesnt
+should only rely on this to count the # of cpus, but *MUST* not rely on the
+apicid values in those tables for disabled apics. In the event BIOS doesn't
 mark such hot-pluggable cpus as disabled entries, one could use this
 parameter "additional_cpus=x" to represent those cpus in the cpu_possible_map.

@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
 		  7 = /dev/full		Returns ENOSPC on write
 		  8 = /dev/random	Nondeterministic random number gen.
 		  9 = /dev/urandom	Faster, less secure random number gen.
-		 10 = /dev/aio		Asyncronous I/O notification interface
+		 10 = /dev/aio		Asynchronous I/O notification interface
 		 11 = /dev/kmsg		Writes to this come out as printk's
  1 block	RAM disk
 		  0 = /dev/ram0		First RAM disk
@@ -1093,7 +1093,7 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.

 55 char	DSP56001 digital signal processor
 		  0 = /dev/dsp56k	First DSP56001
- 55 block	Mylex DAC960 PCI RAID controller; eigth controller
+ 55 block	Mylex DAC960 PCI RAID controller; eighth controller
 		  0 = /dev/rd/c7d0	First disk, whole disk
 		  8 = /dev/rd/c7d1	Second disk, whole disk
 		    ...
@@ -1456,7 +1456,7 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
 		  1 = /dev/cum1		Callout device for ttyM1
 		    ...

- 79 block	Compaq Intelligent Drive Array, eigth controller
+ 79 block	Compaq Intelligent Drive Array, eighth controller
 		  0 = /dev/ida/c7d0	First logical drive whole disk
 		 16 = /dev/ida/c7d1	Second logical drive whole disk
 		    ...
@@ -1900,7 +1900,7 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
 		  1 = /dev/av1		Second A/V card
 		    ...

-111 block	Compaq Next Generation Drive Array, eigth controller
+111 block	Compaq Next Generation Drive Array, eighth controller
 		  0 = /dev/cciss/c7d0	First logical drive, whole disk
 		 16 = /dev/cciss/c7d1	Second logical drive, whole disk
 		    ...
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ struct device represents a single device. It mainly contains metadata
 describing the relationship the device has to other entities. 


- Embedd a struct device in the bus-specific device type. 
+- Embed a struct device in the bus-specific device type. 


 struct pci_dev {
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ Note, a technical ChangeLog aimed at kernel hackers is in fs/ntfs/ChangeLog.
 	- Major bug fixes for reading files and volumes in corner cases which
 	  were being hit by Windows 2k/XP users.
 2.1.2:
-	- Major bug fixes aleviating the hangs in statfs experienced by some
+	- Major bug fixes alleviating the hangs in statfs experienced by some
 	  users.
 2.1.1:
 	- Update handling of compressed files so people no longer get the
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ the following things on the "Kernel Hacking" tab:
 Then build as usual, download to the board and execute. Note that if
 "Immediate activation" was selected, then the kernel will wait for GDB to
 attach. If not, then the kernel will boot immediately and GDB will have to
-interupt it or wait for an exception to occur if before doing anything with
+interrupt it or wait for an exception to occur before doing anything with
 the kernel.


@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ with the main kernel in this regard. Hence the debug mode code (gdbstub) is
 almost completely self-contained. The only external code used is the
 sprintf family of functions.

-Futhermore, break.S is so complicated because single-step mode does not
+Furthermore, break.S is so complicated because single-step mode does not
 switch off on entry to an exception. That means unless manually disabled,
 single-stepping will blithely go on stepping into things like interrupts.
 See gdbstub.txt for more information.
@@ -91,8 +91,8 @@ JOY1DAT   Y7  Y6  Y5  Y4  Y3  Y2  Y1  Y0     X7  X6  X5  X4  X3  X2  X1  X0
         |   1    | M0HQ     | JOY0DAT Horizontal Clock (quadrature)   |
         |   2    | M0V      | JOY0DAT Vertical Clock                  |
         |   3    | M0VQ     | JOY0DAT Vertical Clock  (quadrature)    |
-         |   4    | M1V      | JOY1DAT Horizontall Clock               |
-         |   5    | M1VQ     | JOY1DAT Horizontall Clock (quadrature)  |
+         |   4    | M1V      | JOY1DAT Horizontal Clock                |
+         |   5    | M1VQ     | JOY1DAT Horizontal Clock (quadrature)   |
         |   6    | M1V      | JOY1DAT Vertical Clock                  |
         |   7    | M1VQ     | JOY1DAT Vertical Clock (quadrature)     |
         +--------+----------+-----------------------------------------+
@@ -277,8 +277,8 @@ default to 1 at RESET (or power-up).
 9.7 SET MOUSE SCALE

    0x0C
-    X                   ; horizontal mouse ticks per internel X
-    Y                   ; vertical mouse ticks per internel Y
+    X                   ; horizontal mouse ticks per internal X
+    Y                   ; vertical mouse ticks per internal Y

 This command sets the scale factor for the ABSOLUTE MOUSE POSITIONING mode.
 In this mode, the specified number of mouse phase changes ('clicks') must
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ mouse position.
    0x0F

 This command makes the origin of the Y axis to be at the bottom of the
-logical coordinate system internel to the ikbd for all relative or absolute
+logical coordinate system internal to the ikbd for all relative or absolute
 mouse motion. This causes mouse motion toward the user to be negative in sign
 and away from the user to be positive.

@@ -597,8 +597,8 @@ mode or FIRE BUTTON MONITORING mode.

 10. SCAN CODES

-The key scan codes return by the ikbd are chosen to simplify the
-implementaion of GSX.
+The key scan codes returned by the ikbd are chosen to simplify the
+implementation of GSX.

 GSX Standard Keyboard Mapping.

@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ Reading /sys/../lineX will return the format string with its current value:
  888888888888
  Linux Rocks!

-Writing to /sys/../lineX will set the coresponding LCD line.
+Writing to /sys/../lineX will set the corresponding LCD line.
 - Excess characters are ignored.
 - If less characters are written than allowed, the remaining digits are
   unchanged.
@@ -227,9 +227,9 @@ more details, with real examples.
 	be included in a library, lib.a.
 	All objects listed with lib-y are combined in a single
 	library for that directory.
-	Objects that are listed in obj-y and additionaly listed in
-	lib-y will not be included in the library, since they will anyway
-	be accessible.
+	Objects that are listed in obj-y and additionally listed in
+	lib-y will not be included in the library, since they will
+	be accessible anyway.
 	For consistency, objects listed in lib-m will be included in lib.a.

 	Note that the same kbuild makefile may list files to be built-in
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ Both possibilities are described in the following.
 	Host programs can be made up based on composite objects.
 	The syntax used to define composite objects for host programs is
 	similar to the syntax used for kernel objects.
-	$(<executeable>-objs) lists all objects used to link the final
+	$(<executable>-objs) lists all objects used to link the final
 	executable.

 	Example:
@@ -1022,7 +1022,7 @@ When kbuild executes, the following steps are followed (roughly):
 	In this example, there are two possible targets, requiring different
 	options to the linker. The linker options are specified using the
 	LDFLAGS_$@ syntax - one for each potential target.
-	$(targets) are assinged all potential targets, by which kbuild knows
+	$(targets) are assigned all potential targets, by which kbuild knows
 	the targets and will:
 		1) check for commandline changes
 		2) delete target during make clean
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ about the status of the key service:
 	R	Revoked
 	D	Dead
 	Q	Contributes to user's quota
-	U	Under contruction by callback to userspace
+	U	Under construction by callback to userspace
 	N	Negative key

     This file must be enabled at kernel configuration time as it allows anyone
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ contains the following options:
 MAX_AGE:

 Maximum time, in seconds, of hard drive spindown time that you are
-confortable with. Worst case, it's possible that you could lose this
+comfortable with. Worst case, it's possible that you could lose this
 amount of work if your battery fails while you're in laptop mode.

 MINIMUM_BATTERY_MINUTES:
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ It should be installed as /etc/default/laptop-mode on Debian, and as

 --------------------CONFIG FILE BEGIN-------------------------------------------
 # Maximum time, in seconds, of hard drive spindown time that you are
-# confortable with. Worst case, it's possible that you could lose this
+# comfortable with. Worst case, it's possible that you could lose this
 # amount of work if your battery fails you while in laptop mode.
 #MAX_AGE=600

@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ fi
 # set defaults instead:

 # Maximum time, in seconds, of hard drive spindown time that you are
-# confortable with. Worst case, it's possible that you could lose this
+# comfortable with. Worst case, it's possible that you could lose this
 # amount of work if your battery fails you while in laptop mode.
 MAX_AGE=${MAX_AGE:-'600'}

@@ -535,11 +535,11 @@ done:
        * 1. it can race with disabling irqs in irq handler (which are done to 
 	* schedule polls)
        * 2. it can race with dis/enabling irqs in other poll threads
-        * 3. if an irq raised after the begining of the outer  beginning 
-        * loop(marked in the code above), it will be immediately
+        * 3. if an irq raised after the beginning of the outer beginning 
+        * loop (marked in the code above), it will be immediately
        * triggered here.
        *
-        * Summarizing: the logic may results in some redundant irqs both
+        * Summarizing: the logic may result in some redundant irqs both
        * due to races in masking and due to too late acking of already
        * processed irqs. The good news: no events are ever lost.
        */
@@ -620,8 +620,8 @@ I/O Address    	Device                        IRQ      Device
                                                12       Mouse (PS/2)                              
 Memory Address  Device                          13       Math Coprocessor
 --------------  ---------------------           14       Hard Disk controller
-A000-BFFF	EGA Graphics Adpater
-A000-C7FF	VGA Graphics Adpater
+A000-BFFF	EGA Graphics Adapter
+A000-C7FF	VGA Graphics Adapter
 B000-BFFF	Mono Graphics Adapter
 B800-BFFF	Color Graphics Adapter
 E000-FFFF	AT BIOS
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ the necessary memory, so normally limits can be reached.
 -------------------

 If you check the source code you will see that what I draw here as a frame
-is not only the link level frame. At the begining of each frame there is a 
+is not only the link level frame. At the beginning of each frame there is a 
 header called struct tpacket_hdr used in PACKET_MMAP to hold link level's frame
 meta information like timestamp. So what we draw here a frame it's really 
 the following (from include/linux/if_packet.h):
@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ Current:
 Result: OK: 13101142(c12220741+d880401) usec, 10000000 (60byte,0frags)
  763292pps 390Mb/sec (390805504bps) errors: 39664

-Confguring threads and devices
-==============================
+Configuring threads and devices
+================================
 This is done via the /proc interface easiest done via pgset in the scripts

 Examples:
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ beta1-2.1.5 	Nov 15 2000
 					
 				o Cpipemon
 					- Added set FT1 commands to the cpipemon. Thus CSU/DSU
-					  configuraiton can be performed using cpipemon.
+					  configuration can be performed using cpipemon.
 					  All systems that cannot run cfgft1 GUI utility should
 					  use cpipemon to configure the on board CSU/DSU.

@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ beta1-2.1.5 	Nov 15 2000
 					- Appropriate number of devices are dynamically loaded 
 					  based on the number of Sangoma cards found.

-					  Note: The kernel configuraiton option 
+					  Note: The kernel configuration option 
 						CONFIG_WANPIPE_CARDS has been taken out.
 					
 				o Fixed the Frame Relay and Chdlc network interfaces so they are
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ Description:
 	events, which is implicit if it doesn't even support it in the first
 	place).

-	Note that the PMC Register in the device's PM Capabilties has a bitmask
+	Note that the PMC Register in the device's PM Capabilities has a bitmask
 	of the states it supports generating PME# from. D3hot is bit 3 and
 	D3cold is bit 4. So, while a value of 4 as the state may not seem
 	semantically correct, it is. 
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ to wake the system up. (However, it is possible that a device may support
 some non-standard way of generating a wake event on sleep.)

 Bits 15:11 of the PMC (Power Mgmt Capabilities) Register in a device's
-PM Capabilties describe what power states the device supports generating a 
+PM Capabilities describe what power states the device supports generating a 
 wake event from:

 +------------------+
--- a/Show More
+++ b/Show More