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 <kernel1@cyberdogtech.com>
Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
This commit is contained in:
Matt LaPlante
2006-10-03 22:46:31 +02:00
committed by Adrian Bunk
parent 3f6dee9b2a
commit 6c28f2c0f2
19 changed files with 38 additions and 38 deletions
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@@ -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
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@@ -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.
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@@ -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:
<pagesize> = 4096 bytes
<max-order> = 11
and a value for <frame size> of 2048 byteas. These parameters will yield
and a value for <frame size> of 2048 bytes. These parameters will yield
<block number> = 131072/4 = 32768 blocks
<block size> = 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.
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+ Maping and use of the circular buffer (ring)
+ Mapping and use of the circular buffer (ring)
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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: