Documentation/ABI: Fix typos

Fix typos in Documentation/ABI. The changes are in descriptions or comments where they shouldn't affect use of the ABIs. Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com> Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230814212822.193684-2-helgaas@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2026-08-13 14:19:53 -07:00 · 2023-08-18 11:28:40 -06:00
parent 0ef5de7b1e
commit ebab9426cd
35 changed files with 46 additions and 46 deletions
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ Description:
 		capable of executing requests targeting different sector ranges
 		in parallel. For instance, single LUN multi-actuator hard-disks
 		will have an independent_access_ranges directory if the device
-		correctly advertizes the sector ranges of its actuators.
+		correctly advertises the sector ranges of its actuators.

 		The independent_access_ranges directory contains one directory
 		per access range, with each range described using the sector
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ Description:
 		pkeys/<n>:		(RO) Displays the contents of the physical
 					key table n = 0..126

-		mcgs/:			(RO) Muticast group table
+		mcgs/:			(RO) Multicast group table

 		<m>/gid_idx/0:		(RO) Display the GID mapping m = 1..2

@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ What:		/sys/bus/wmi/devices/05901221-D566-11D1-B2F0-00A0C9062910[-X]/bmof
 Date:		Jun 2017
 KernelVersion:	4.13
 Description:
-		Binary MOF metadata used to decribe the details of available ACPI WMI interfaces.
+		Binary MOF metadata used to describe the details of available ACPI WMI interfaces.

 		See Documentation/wmi/devices/wmi-bmof.rst for details.
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ What:           /sys/kernel/debug/habanalabs/hl<n>/device_release_watchdog_timeo
 Date:           Oct 2022
 KernelVersion:  6.2
 Contact:        ttayar@habana.ai
-Description:    The watchdog timeout value in seconds for a device relese upon
+Description:    The watchdog timeout value in seconds for a device release upon
                certain error cases, after which the device is reset.

 What:           /sys/kernel/debug/habanalabs/hl<n>/dma_size
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Description:

 		==  ===================================
 		 1  major number
-		 2  minor mumber
+		 2  minor number
 		 3  device name
 		 4  reads completed successfully
 		 5  reads merged
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ What:		/sys/bus/coreboot/devices/cbmem-<id>/address
 Date:		August 2022
 Contact:	Jack Rosenthal <jrosenth@chromium.org>
 Description:
-		This is the pyhsical memory address that the CBMEM entry's data
+		This is the physical memory address that the CBMEM entry's data
 		begins at, in hexadecimal (e.g., ``0x76ffe000``).

 What:		/sys/bus/coreboot/devices/cbmem-<id>/size
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Date:		November 2014
 KernelVersion:	3.19
 Contact:	Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org>
 Description:	(RW) Used in conjunction with @addr_idx.  Specifies the range of
-		addresses to trigger on.  Inclusion or exclusion is specificed
+		addresses to trigger on.  Inclusion or exclusion is specified
 		in the corresponding access type register.

 What:		/sys/bus/coresight/devices/<memory_map>.[etm|ptm]/addr_single
@@ -304,19 +304,19 @@ What:		/sys/bus/coresight/devices/<memory_map>.[etm|ptm]/mgmt/etmtsscr
 Date:		September 2015
 KernelVersion:	4.4
 Contact:	Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org>
-Description: 	(RO) Print the content of the ETM Trace Start/Stop Conrol
+Description: 	(RO) Print the content of the ETM Trace Start/Stop Control
 		register (0x018). The value is read directly from the HW.

 What:		/sys/bus/coresight/devices/<memory_map>.[etm|ptm]/mgmt/etmtecr1
 Date:		September 2015
 KernelVersion:	4.4
 Contact:	Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org>
-Description: 	(RO) Print the content of the ETM Enable Conrol #1
+Description: 	(RO) Print the content of the ETM Enable Control #1
 		register (0x024). The value is read directly from the HW.

 What:		/sys/bus/coresight/devices/<memory_map>.[etm|ptm]/mgmt/etmtecr2
 Date:		September 2015
 KernelVersion:	4.4
 Contact:	Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org>
-Description: 	(RO) Print the content of the ETM Enable Conrol #2
+Description: 	(RO) Print the content of the ETM Enable Control #2
 		register (0x01c). The value is read directly from the HW.
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ Date:		April 2015
 KernelVersion:	4.01
 Contact:	Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org>
 Description:	(Read) Returns the maximum size of the data value, data address,
-		VMID, context ID and instuction address in the trace unit
+		VMID, context ID and instruction address in the trace unit
 		(0x1E8).  The value is taken directly from the HW.

 What:		/sys/bus/coresight/devices/etm<N>/trcidr/trcidr3
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ Description:	Per-pmu performance monitoring events specific to the running syste
 		If a <term> is specified alone (without an assigned value), it
 		is implied that 0x1 is assigned to that <term>.

-		Examples (each of these lines would be in a seperate file):
+		Examples (each of these lines would be in a separate file):

 			event=0x2abc
 			event=0x423,inv,cmask=0x3
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ Description:	Perf event scaling factors

 		A string representing a floating point value expressed in
 		scientific notation to be multiplied by the event count
-		recieved from the kernel to match the unit specified in the
+		received from the kernel to match the unit specified in the
 		<event>.unit file.

 		Example:
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ Description:
 		Indicates whether or not this SBE device has experienced a
 		timeout; i.e. the SBE did not respond within the time allotted
 		by the driver. A value of 1 indicates that a timeout has
-		ocurred and no transfers have completed since the timeout. A
-		value of 0 indicates that no timeout has ocurred, or if one
+		occurred and no transfers have completed since the timeout. A
+		value of 0 indicates that no timeout has occurred, or if one
 		has, more recent transfers have completed successful.
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Description:
 		NONE     no device
 		USB      USB device is attached
 		UART     UART is attached
-		CHARGER  Charger is attaced
+		CHARGER  Charger is attached
 		JIG      JIG is attached
 		=======  ======================

@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ KernelVersion:	v4.7
 Contact:	nvdimm@lists.linux.dev
 Description:
 		(RO) ACPI specification 6.2 section 5.2.25.9, defines an
-		identifier for an NVDIMM, which refelects the id attribute.
+		identifier for an NVDIMM, which reflects the id attribute.


 What:		/sys/bus/nd/devices/nmemX/nfit/subsystem_vendor
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Description:
 				  Indicating that contents of the
 				  NVDIMM have been scrubbed.
 		* "locked"
-				  Indicating that NVDIMM contents cant
+				  Indicating that NVDIMM contents can't
 				  be modified until next power cycle.

 What:		/sys/bus/nd/devices/nmemX/papr/perf_stats
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Description:
                Controller (UMC).

                The umc bus presents each of the individual
-                capabilties as a device.
+                capabilities as a device.

 What:           /sys/bus/umc/devices/.../capability_id
 Date:           July 2008
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 What:		/sys/class/
-Date:		Febuary 2006
+Date:		February 2006
 Contact:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
 Description:
 		The /sys/class directory will consist of a group of
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ What:           /sys/class/cxl/<afu>/mmio_size
 Date:           September 2014
 Contact:        linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
 Description:    read only
-                Decimal value of the size of the MMIO space that may be mmaped
+                Decimal value of the size of the MMIO space that may be mmapped
                by userspace.
 Users:		https://github.com/ibm-capi/libcxl

@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ What:           /sys/class/cxl/<afu>m/mmio_size
 Date:           September 2014
 Contact:        linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
 Description:    read only
-                Decimal value of the size of the MMIO space that may be mmaped
+                Decimal value of the size of the MMIO space that may be mmapped
                by userspace. This includes all slave contexts space also.
 Users:		https://github.com/ibm-capi/libcxl

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ KernelVersion:	2.6.29
 Contact:	linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org
 Description:
 		Major and minor numbers of the character device corresponding
-		to the read-only variant of thie MTD device (in
+		to the read-only variant of the MTD device (in
 		<major>:<minor> format).  In this case <minor> will be odd.

 What:		/sys/class/mtd/mtdX/erasesize
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ KernelVersion:	2.6.12
 Contact:	netdev@vger.kernel.org
 Description:
 		Indicates the current physical link state of the interface.
-		Posssible values are:
+		Possible values are:

 		== =====================
 		0  physical link is down
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Contact:	netdev@vger.kernel.org
 Description:
 		Mask of the CPU(s) currently enabled to participate into the
 		Transmit Packet Steering packet processing flow for this
-		network device transmit queue. Possible vaules depend on the
+		network device transmit queue. Possible values depend on the
 		number of available CPU(s) in the system.

 What:		/sys/class/<iface>/queues/tx-<queue>/xps_rxqs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Description:
 		Long Life:
 			Customized charge rate for last longer battery life.
 			On Wilco device this mode is pre-configured in the factory
-			through EC's private PID. Swiching to a different mode will
+			through EC's private PID. Switching to a different mode will
 			be denied by Wilco EC when Long Life mode is enabled.

 What:		/sys/class/power_supply/wilco-charger/charge_control_start_threshold
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