From 3a4fa0a25da81600ea0bcd75692ae8ca6050d165 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Robert P. J. Day" Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 23:10:43 +0200 Subject: Fix misspellings of "system", "controller", "interrupt" and "necessary". Fix the various misspellings of "system", controller", "interrupt" and "[un]necessary". Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk --- Documentation/filesystems/Locking | 2 +- Documentation/mips/AU1xxx_IDE.README | 2 +- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking index fe26cc978523..37c10cba7177 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking @@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ against the page the filesystem should redirty the page with redirty_page_for_writepage(), then unlock the page and return zero. This may also be done to avoid internal deadlocks, but rarely. -If the filesytem is called for sync then it must wait on any +If the filesystem is called for sync then it must wait on any in-progress I/O and then start new I/O. The filesystem should unlock the page synchronously, before returning to the diff --git a/Documentation/mips/AU1xxx_IDE.README b/Documentation/mips/AU1xxx_IDE.README index afb31c141d9d..5c8334123f4f 100644 --- a/Documentation/mips/AU1xxx_IDE.README +++ b/Documentation/mips/AU1xxx_IDE.README @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ Four configs variables are introduced: CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_AU1XXX_PIO_DBDMA - enable the PIO+DBDMA mode CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_AU1XXX_MDMA2_DBDMA - enable the MWDMA mode CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_AU1XXX_BURSTABLE_ON - set Burstable FIFO in DBDMA - controler + controller CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_AU1XXX_SEQTS_PER_RQ - maximum transfer size per descriptor -- cgit v1.2.3 From 9f5e0bffe59a27767e40753c8effd2357d5f68d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Robert P. J. Day" Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 23:14:24 +0200 Subject: Documentation: Drop reference to dead "eicon" kernel paramter. Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day Acked-by: Armin Schindler Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk --- Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 3 --- 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 0a3fed445249..98062e15dc3d 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -614,9 +614,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file Format: {"of[f]" | "sk[ipmbr]"} See comment in arch/i386/boot/edd.S - eicon= [HW,ISDN] - Format: ,, - eisa_irq_edge= [PARISC,HW] See header of drivers/parisc/eisa.c. -- cgit v1.2.3 From 3f5b98a2a0cba3351f96fcaa6d79aa1a0d93ee78 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Robert P. J. Day" Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 23:15:26 +0200 Subject: Documentation: Delete dead OSS-related kernel parameter. Since the OSS-related "sb" kernel parameter doesn't seem to be supported, drop its reference from the kernel-parameters.txt file. Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk --- Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 3 --- 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 98062e15dc3d..b9a7722c25dc 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -1579,9 +1579,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file sa1100ir [NET] See drivers/net/irda/sa1100_ir.c. - sb= [HW,OSS] - Format: ,,, - sbni= [NET] Granch SBNI12 leased line adapter sc1200wdt= [HW,WDT] SC1200 WDT (watchdog) driver -- cgit v1.2.3 From 96de0e252cedffad61b3cb5e05662c591898e69a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jan Engelhardt Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 23:21:04 +0200 Subject: Convert files to UTF-8 and some cleanups MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit * Convert files to UTF-8. * Also correct some people's names (one example is Eißfeldt, which was found in a source file. Given that the author used an ß at all in a source file indicates that the real name has in fact a 'ß' and not an 'ss', which is commonly used as a substitute for 'ß' when limited to 7bit.) * Correct town names (Goettingen -> Göttingen) * Update Eberhard Mönkeberg's address (http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/1/8/313) Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk --- Documentation/cdrom/cdrom-standard.tex | 2 +- Documentation/isdn/CREDITS | 2 +- Documentation/spi/pxa2xx | 2 +- 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/cdrom/cdrom-standard.tex b/Documentation/cdrom/cdrom-standard.tex index 92f94e597582..c713aeb020c4 100644 --- a/Documentation/cdrom/cdrom-standard.tex +++ b/Documentation/cdrom/cdrom-standard.tex @@ -1009,7 +1009,7 @@ taken over the torch in maintaining \cdromc\ and integrating much \cdrom-related code in the 2.1-kernel. Thanks to Scott Snyder and Gerd Knorr, who were the first to implement this interface for SCSI and IDE-CD drivers and added many ideas for extension of the data -structures relative to kernel~2.0. Further thanks to Heiko Eissfeldt, +structures relative to kernel~2.0. Further thanks to Heiko Ei{\sz}feldt, Thomas Quinot, Jon Tombs, Ken Pizzini, Eberhard M\"onkeberg and Andrew Kroll, the \linux\ \cdrom\ device driver developers who were kind enough to give suggestions and criticisms during the writing. Finally diff --git a/Documentation/isdn/CREDITS b/Documentation/isdn/CREDITS index 7c17c837064f..8cac6c2f23ee 100644 --- a/Documentation/isdn/CREDITS +++ b/Documentation/isdn/CREDITS @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Andreas Kool (akool@Kool.f.EUnet.de) Pedro Roque Marques (roque@di.fc.ul.pt) For lot of new ideas and the pcbit driver. -Eberhard Moenkeberg (emoenke@gwdg.de) +Eberhard Mönkeberg (emoenke@gwdg.de) For testing and help to get into kernel. Thomas Neumann (tn@ruhr.de) diff --git a/Documentation/spi/pxa2xx b/Documentation/spi/pxa2xx index 215e3b8e7266..f3853cc37bde 100644 --- a/Documentation/spi/pxa2xx +++ b/Documentation/spi/pxa2xx @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -PXA2xx SPI on SSP driver HOWTO +PXA2xx SPI on SSP driver HOWTO =================================================== This a mini howto on the pxa2xx_spi driver. The driver turns a PXA2xx synchronous serial port into a SPI master controller -- cgit v1.2.3 From db955170d40601d9925f01712782fbe3ce362b7e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marcin Garski Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 23:22:11 +0200 Subject: more UTF-8 conversions Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk --- Documentation/i2c/i2c-protocol | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/i2c-protocol b/Documentation/i2c/i2c-protocol index 579b92d5f3a3..10518dd58814 100644 --- a/Documentation/i2c/i2c-protocol +++ b/Documentation/i2c/i2c-protocol @@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ We have found some I2C devices that needs the following modifications: Flags I2C_M_IGNORE_NAK Normally message is interrupted immediately if there is [NA] from the - client. Setting this flag treats any [NA] as [A], and all of + client. Setting this flag treats any [NA] as [A], and all of message is sent. These messages may still fail to SCL lo->hi timeout. -- cgit v1.2.3 From bd9fcb44a7edf69c6f3f045cba0db106c194fcc1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Robert P. J. Day" Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 23:27:18 +0200 Subject: Documentation: Remove remaining useless reference to acpi_fake_ecdt >From commit cd8c93a4e04dce8f00d1ef3a476aac8bd65ae40b: "Similar functionality was turned on by acpi_fake_ecdt=1 command line before. Now it is on all the time." Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk --- Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 3 --- 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index b9a7722c25dc..b97e1b9d8c02 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -222,9 +222,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file Warning: Many of these options can produce a lot of output and make your system unusable. Be very careful. - - acpi_fake_ecdt [HW,ACPI] Workaround failure due to BIOS lacking ECDT - acpi_pm_good [X86-32,X86-64] Override the pmtimer bug detection: force the kernel to assume that this machine's pmtimer latches its value -- cgit v1.2.3 From cd1c34f21f5bd1035aec3d082bbb0583b994a2b5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Robert P. J. Day" Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 23:28:40 +0200 Subject: Documentation: Delete final reference to "sg_def_reserved_size" kernel parm given the following: $ grep -rw sg_def_reserved_size * Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt: sg_def_reserved_size= [SCSI] $ that kernel parameter looks exceedingly dead. Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk --- Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index b97e1b9d8c02..b884ade006ca 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -1619,8 +1619,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file serialnumber [BUGS=X86-32] - sg_def_reserved_size= [SCSI] - shapers= [NET] Maximal number of shapers. -- cgit v1.2.3 From 634fe2fdbf2ea7066fbb13373cf3d0e02d47fbae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Robert P. J. Day" Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 23:32:16 +0200 Subject: Documentation: Remove reference to dead "lasi" kernel parm Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk --- Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 3 --- 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index b884ade006ca..c0826448a6fc 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -886,9 +886,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file lapic_timer_c2_ok [X86-32,x86-64,APIC] trust the local apic timer in C2 power state. - lasi= [HW,SCSI] PARISC LASI driver for the 53c700 chip - Format: addr:,irq: - libata.noacpi [LIBATA] Disables use of ACPI in libata suspend/resume when set. Format: -- cgit v1.2.3 From ac0bf14df705f5fa93a06a62e51e632b4394ee41 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Robert P. J. Day" Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 23:33:35 +0200 Subject: Documentation: Remove references to dead "noasync" kernel parm Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk --- Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 3 --- Documentation/m68k/kernel-options.txt | 5 +---- 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 7 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index c0826448a6fc..59b1ab5d30df 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -1133,9 +1133,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file noapic [SMP,APIC] Tells the kernel to not make use of any IOAPICs that may be present in the system. - noasync [HW,M68K] Disables async and sync negotiation for - all devices. - nobats [PPC] Do not use BATs for mapping kernel lowmem on "Classic" PPC cores. diff --git a/Documentation/m68k/kernel-options.txt b/Documentation/m68k/kernel-options.txt index 8a523f6af48a..248589e8bcf5 100644 --- a/Documentation/m68k/kernel-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/m68k/kernel-options.txt @@ -890,10 +890,7 @@ Syntax: nosync:0 5.5.2) noasync -------------- -Syntax: noasync:0 - - Disables async and sync negotiation for all devices. Any value - after the colon is acceptable (and has the same effect). +[OBSOLETE, REMOVED] 5.5.3) nodisconnect ------------------- -- cgit v1.2.3 From 02a72fd6757c955ea8fe81e6ec3ab07a2a9e6ba5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Robert P. J. Day" Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 23:47:50 +0200 Subject: Documentation: Remove reference to non-existent "applicom" kernel parm Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk --- Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 3 --- 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 59b1ab5d30df..fc84490fdb05 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -294,9 +294,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file apm= [APM] Advanced Power Management See header of arch/i386/kernel/apm.c. - applicom= [HW] - Format: , - arcrimi= [HW,NET] ARCnet - "RIM I" (entirely mem-mapped) cards Format: ,, -- cgit v1.2.3 From 23d028f69ab73957c0d40ae3e1a2654c985a95d6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Robert P. J. Day" Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2007 00:01:12 +0200 Subject: Documentation: Remove references to dead "cyclades=" boot option Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk --- Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index fc84490fdb05..2e53e97ad04d 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -507,8 +507,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file cs89x0_media= [HW,NET] Format: { rj45 | aui | bnc } - cyclades= [HW,SERIAL] Cyclades multi-serial port adapter. - dasd= [HW,NET] See header of drivers/s390/block/dasd_devmap.c. -- cgit v1.2.3 From 30afddadac9b3423912e7729b5dec17d638e415f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Robert P. J. Day" Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2007 00:03:32 +0200 Subject: Documentation: Remove references to dead "eda" and "edb" kernel parms Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk --- Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 4 ---- 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 2e53e97ad04d..3ea49f98d405 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -598,10 +598,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file 0: polling mode non-0: interrupt mode (default) - eda= [HW,PS2] - - edb= [HW,PS2] - edd= [EDD] Format: {"of[f]" | "sk[ipmbr]"} See comment in arch/i386/boot/edd.S -- cgit v1.2.3 From 646b1c9dad52f3ab17e4e44b2bb7f24aad956db6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Robert P. J. Day" Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2007 00:11:36 +0200 Subject: Documentation: Fix erroneous "dmascc=" documentation Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk --- Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 4 ---- 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 3ea49f98d405..c80ad89080b8 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -564,10 +564,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file See drivers/char/README.epca and Documentation/digiepca.txt. - dmascc= [HW,AX25,SERIAL] AX.25 Z80SCC driver with DMA - support available. - Format: [,[,..]] - dmasound= [HW,OSS] Sound subsystem buffers dscc4.setup= [NET] -- cgit v1.2.3 From cfd348fd6e2a5dcba68f4195ca642602d3a33cc3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Robert P. J. Day" Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2007 00:12:55 +0200 Subject: Documentation: Remove reference to non-existent "unwind_debug" kernel parm Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk --- Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 4 ---- 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index c80ad89080b8..dd90e101a8b6 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -1990,10 +1990,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file norandmaps Don't use address space randomization Equivalent to echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space - unwind_debug=N N > 0 will enable dwarf2 unwinder debugging - This is useful to get more information why - you got a "dwarf2 unwinder stuck" - ______________________________________________________________________ TODO: -- cgit v1.2.3 From 343b9019808eb4df2a1b4429a8b95d21bf45a9e9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Robert P. J. Day" Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2007 00:15:26 +0200 Subject: Documentation: Add nested versions of mutex locks to docs Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk --- Documentation/mutex-design.txt | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/mutex-design.txt b/Documentation/mutex-design.txt index 51f935191ae5..aa60d1f627e5 100644 --- a/Documentation/mutex-design.txt +++ b/Documentation/mutex-design.txt @@ -133,4 +133,6 @@ the APIs of 'struct mutex' have been streamlined: int mutex_trylock(struct mutex *lock); void mutex_unlock(struct mutex *lock); int mutex_is_locked(struct mutex *lock); - + void mutex_lock_nested(struct mutex *lock, unsigned int subclass); + int mutex_lock_interruptible_nested(struct mutex *lock, + unsigned int subclass); -- cgit v1.2.3 From 698524d78debfb0334fbf5f527c6f809088376d1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Robert P. J. Day" Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2007 00:22:16 +0200 Subject: Documentation: Remove unreferenced "blkmtd_*" parms Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk --- Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 6 ------ 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index dd90e101a8b6..cfeaf55a24ea 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -339,12 +339,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file Format: ,, See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_ser_hdx.c. - blkmtd_device= [HW,MTD] - blkmtd_erasesz= - blkmtd_ro= - blkmtd_bs= - blkmtd_count= - boot_delay= Milliseconds to delay each printk during boot. Values larger than 10 seconds (10000) are changed to no delay (0). -- cgit v1.2.3 From 118e78d1cd7023c3b155f861072ba10df0265fda Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Johann Deneux Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2007 00:47:32 +0200 Subject: changed email Changed email address of Johann Deneux (myself) Also removed CVS tags in comments (no longer using cvs) Signed-off-by: Johann Deneux Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk --- Documentation/input/ff.txt | 2 +- Documentation/input/iforce-protocol.txt | 4 ++-- 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/input/ff.txt b/Documentation/input/ff.txt index 085eb15b45b7..ded4d5f53109 100644 --- a/Documentation/input/ff.txt +++ b/Documentation/input/ff.txt @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ Force feedback for Linux. -By Johann Deneux on 2001/04/22. +By Johann Deneux on 2001/04/22. Updated by Anssi Hannula on 2006/04/09. You may redistribute this file. Please remember to include shape.fig and interactive.fig as well. diff --git a/Documentation/input/iforce-protocol.txt b/Documentation/input/iforce-protocol.txt index 8777d2d321e3..afed1ae093ed 100644 --- a/Documentation/input/iforce-protocol.txt +++ b/Documentation/input/iforce-protocol.txt @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ specify force effects to I-Force 2.0 devices. None of this information comes from Immerse. That's why you should not trust what is written in this document. This document is intended to help understanding the protocol. This is not a reference. Comments and corrections are welcome. To contact me, -send an email to: deneux@ifrance.com +send an email to: johann.deneux@gmail.com ** WARNING ** I may not be held responsible for any dammage or harm caused if you try to @@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ Remember it's free (as in free beer) and alpha! Check www.immerse.com for Immersion Studio, and www.fcoder.com for ComPortSpy. ** Author of this document ** -Johann Deneux +Johann Deneux Home page at http://www.esil.univ-mrs.fr/~jdeneux/projects/ff/ Additions by Vojtech Pavlik. -- cgit v1.2.3 From 0f035b8e8491f4ff87f6eec3e3f754d36b39d7a2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Simon Arlott Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2007 01:30:25 +0200 Subject: spelling fixes: Documentation/ Spelling fixes in Documentation/. Signed-off-by: Simon Arlott Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk --- Documentation/DocBook/Makefile | 2 +- Documentation/DocBook/mtdnand.tmpl | 6 +++--- Documentation/isdn/README.concap | 2 +- Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt | 2 +- Documentation/thinkpad-acpi.txt | 2 +- Documentation/usb/usb-serial.txt | 2 +- 6 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile b/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile index 1a7f53068ec2..054a7ecf64c6 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile @@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ quiet_cmd_db2man = MAN $@ @touch $@ ### -# Rules to generate postscripts and PNG imgages from .fig format files +# Rules to generate postscripts and PNG images from .fig format files quiet_cmd_fig2eps = FIG2EPS $@ cmd_fig2eps = fig2dev -Leps $< $@ diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/mtdnand.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/mtdnand.tmpl index 6fbc41d98c1e..957cf5c26831 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/mtdnand.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/mtdnand.tmpl @@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ int __init board_init (void) goto out; } - /* map physical adress */ + /* map physical address */ baseaddr = (unsigned long)ioremap(CHIP_PHYSICAL_ADDRESS, 1024); if(!baseaddr){ printk("Ioremap to access NAND chip failed\n"); @@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ int __init board_init (void) this->dev_ready = board_dev_ready; this->eccmode = NAND_ECC_SOFT; - /* Scan to find existance of the device */ + /* Scan to find existence of the device */ if (nand_scan (board_mtd, 1)) { err = -ENXIO; goto out_ior; @@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ static void __exit board_cleanup (void) /* Release resources, unregister device */ nand_release (board_mtd); - /* unmap physical adress */ + /* unmap physical address */ iounmap((void *)baseaddr); /* Free the MTD device structure */ diff --git a/Documentation/isdn/README.concap b/Documentation/isdn/README.concap index 2f114babe4b6..a76d74845a4c 100644 --- a/Documentation/isdn/README.concap +++ b/Documentation/isdn/README.concap @@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ struct concap_proto_ops{ struct concap_proto * (*proto_new) (void); /* delete encapsulation protocol instance and free all its resources. - cprot may no loger be referenced after calling this */ + cprot may no longer be referenced after calling this */ void (*proto_del)(struct concap_proto *cprot); /* initialize the protocol's data. To be called at interface startup diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt index 6ae2feff3087..747a5d15d529 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt @@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ tcp_no_metrics_save - BOOLEAN when the connection closes, so that connections established in the near future can use these to set initial conditions. Usually, this increases overall performance, but may sometimes cause performance - degredation. If set, TCP will not cache metrics on closing + degradation. If set, TCP will not cache metrics on closing connections. tcp_orphan_retries - INTEGER diff --git a/Documentation/thinkpad-acpi.txt b/Documentation/thinkpad-acpi.txt index 3b95bbacc775..659dcb0d0afd 100644 --- a/Documentation/thinkpad-acpi.txt +++ b/Documentation/thinkpad-acpi.txt @@ -1203,7 +1203,7 @@ for example: Enabling debugging output ------------------------- -The module takes a debug paramater which can be used to selectively +The module takes a debug parameter which can be used to selectively enable various classes of debugging output, for example: modprobe ibm_acpi debug=0xffff diff --git a/Documentation/usb/usb-serial.txt b/Documentation/usb/usb-serial.txt index 4e0b62b8566f..8b077e43eee7 100644 --- a/Documentation/usb/usb-serial.txt +++ b/Documentation/usb/usb-serial.txt @@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ MCT USB Single Port Serial Adapter U232 This driver is for the MCT USB-RS232 Converter (25 pin, Model No. U232-P25) from Magic Control Technology Corp. (there is also a 9 pin Model No. U232-P9). More information about this device can be found at - the manufacture's web-site: http://www.mct.com.tw. + the manufacturer's web-site: http://www.mct.com.tw. The driver is generally working, though it still needs some more testing. It is derived from the Belkin USB Serial Adapter F5U103 driver and its -- cgit v1.2.3 From 01dd2fbf0da4019c380b6ca22a074538fb31db5a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matt LaPlante Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2007 01:34:40 +0200 Subject: typo fixes Most of these fixes were already submitted for old kernel versions, and were approved, but for some reason they never made it into the releases. Because this is a consolidation of a couple old missed patches, it touches both Kconfigs and documentation texts. Signed-off-by: Matt LaPlante Acked-by: Randy Dunlap Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk --- Documentation/arm/Samsung-S3C24XX/DMA.txt | 18 +++---- Documentation/devices.txt | 2 +- Documentation/driver-model/devres.txt | 4 +- Documentation/fb/deferred_io.txt | 4 +- Documentation/filesystems/9p.txt | 2 +- Documentation/ia64/err_inject.txt | 6 +-- Documentation/input/atarikbd.txt | 8 +-- Documentation/input/iforce-protocol.txt | 16 +++--- Documentation/input/input-programming.txt | 2 +- Documentation/kernel-docs.txt | 4 +- Documentation/networking/bcm43xx.txt | 2 +- Documentation/networking/rxrpc.txt | 2 +- Documentation/networking/udplite.txt | 6 +-- Documentation/power/swsusp-and-swap-files.txt | 2 +- Documentation/powerpc/eeh-pci-error-recovery.txt | 4 +- .../powerpc/mpc52xx-device-tree-bindings.txt | 12 ++--- Documentation/scsi/aic79xx.txt | 2 +- Documentation/scsi/aic7xxx.txt | 6 +-- Documentation/scsi/ibmmca.txt | 58 +++++++++++----------- Documentation/sound/alsa/soc/DAI.txt | 8 +-- Documentation/sound/alsa/soc/clocking.txt | 10 ++-- Documentation/sound/alsa/soc/codec.txt | 6 +-- Documentation/sound/alsa/soc/dapm.txt | 4 +- Documentation/sound/alsa/soc/overview.txt | 17 ++++--- Documentation/sound/alsa/soc/platform.txt | 2 +- Documentation/sound/alsa/soc/pops_clicks.txt | 6 +-- Documentation/thinkpad-acpi.txt | 2 +- 27 files changed, 110 insertions(+), 105 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/arm/Samsung-S3C24XX/DMA.txt b/Documentation/arm/Samsung-S3C24XX/DMA.txt index 37f4edcc5d87..3ed82383efea 100644 --- a/Documentation/arm/Samsung-S3C24XX/DMA.txt +++ b/Documentation/arm/Samsung-S3C24XX/DMA.txt @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Introduction ------------ The kernel provides an interface to manage DMA transfers - using the DMA channels in the cpu, so that the central + using the DMA channels in the CPU, so that the central duty of managing channel mappings, and programming the channel generators is in one place. @@ -17,24 +17,24 @@ DMA Channel Ordering channels to all sources, which means that some devices have a restricted number of channels that can be used. - To allow flexibilty for each cpu type and board, the - dma code can be given an dma ordering structure which + To allow flexibility for each CPU type and board, the + DMA code can be given a DMA ordering structure which allows the order of channel search to be specified, as well as allowing the prohibition of certain claims. struct s3c24xx_dma_order has a list of channels, and - each channel within has a slot for a list of dma - channel numbers. The slots are searched in order, for - the presence of a dma channel number with DMA_CH_VALID - orred in. + each channel within has a slot for a list of DMA + channel numbers. The slots are searched in order for + the presence of a DMA channel number with DMA_CH_VALID + or-ed in. If the order has the flag DMA_CH_NEVER set, then after checking the channel list, the system will return no found channel, thus denying the request. A board support file can call s3c24xx_dma_order_set() - to register an complete ordering set. The routine will - copy the data, so the original can be discared with + to register a complete ordering set. The routine will + copy the data, so the original can be discarded with __initdata. diff --git a/Documentation/devices.txt b/Documentation/devices.txt index 6c46730c631a..e6244cde26e9 100644 --- a/Documentation/devices.txt +++ b/Documentation/devices.txt @@ -2188,7 +2188,7 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated. 136-143 char Unix98 PTY slaves 0 = /dev/pts/0 First Unix98 pseudo-TTY - 1 = /dev/pts/1 Second Unix98 pesudo-TTY + 1 = /dev/pts/1 Second Unix98 pseudo-TTY ... These device nodes are automatically generated with diff --git a/Documentation/driver-model/devres.txt b/Documentation/driver-model/devres.txt index 8569072fa387..387b8a720f4a 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-model/devres.txt +++ b/Documentation/driver-model/devres.txt @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ braindamaged document, if it's finally working, well, it's working. For one reason or another, low level drivers don't receive as much attention or testing as core code, and bugs on driver detach or -initilaization failure doesn't happen often enough to be noticeable. +initialization failure don't happen often enough to be noticeable. Init failure path is worse because it's much less travelled while needs to handle multiple entry points. @@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ resources on failure. For example, devres_release_group(dev, NULL); return err_code; -As resource acquision failure usually means probe failure, constructs +As resource acquisition failure usually means probe failure, constructs like above are usually useful in midlayer driver (e.g. libata core layer) where interface function shouldn't have side effect on failure. For LLDs, just returning error code suffices in most cases. diff --git a/Documentation/fb/deferred_io.txt b/Documentation/fb/deferred_io.txt index 73cf9fb7cf60..63883a892120 100644 --- a/Documentation/fb/deferred_io.txt +++ b/Documentation/fb/deferred_io.txt @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Deferred IO Deferred IO is a way to delay and repurpose IO. It uses host memory as a buffer and the MMU pagefault as a pretrigger for when to perform the device -IO. The following example may be a useful explaination of how one such setup +IO. The following example may be a useful explanation of how one such setup works: - userspace app like Xfbdev mmaps framebuffer @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ a relatively more expensive operation. For some types of nonvolatile high latency displays, the desired image is the final image rather than the intermediate stages which is why it's okay -to not update for each write that is occuring. +to not update for each write that is occurring. It may be the case that this is useful in other scenarios as well. Paul Mundt has mentioned a case where it is beneficial to use the page count to decide diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/9p.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/9p.txt index d6fd6c6e4244..b90f537af35c 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/9p.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/9p.txt @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ OPTIONS aname=name aname specifies the file tree to access when the server is offering several exported file systems. - cache=mode specifies a cacheing policy. By default, no caches are used. + cache=mode specifies a caching policy. By default, no caches are used. loose = no attempts are made at consistency, intended for exclusive, read-only mounts diff --git a/Documentation/ia64/err_inject.txt b/Documentation/ia64/err_inject.txt index 6449a7090dbb..223e4f0582d0 100644 --- a/Documentation/ia64/err_inject.txt +++ b/Documentation/ia64/err_inject.txt @@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ software test suits to do stressful testing on IPF. Below is a sample application as part of the whole tool. The sample can be used as a working test tool. Or it can be expanded to include -more features. It also can be a integrated into a libary or other user +more features. It also can be a integrated into a library or other user application to have more thorough test. -The sample application takes err.conf as error configuation input. Gcc +The sample application takes err.conf as error configuration input. GCC compiles the code. After you install err_inject driver, you can run this sample application to inject errors. @@ -809,7 +809,7 @@ int err_inj() } /* Create semaphore: If one_lock, one semaphore for all processors. - Otherwise, one sempaphore for each processor. */ + Otherwise, one semaphore for each processor. */ if (one_lock) { if (create_sem(0)) { printf("Can not create semaphore...exit\n"); diff --git a/Documentation/input/atarikbd.txt b/Documentation/input/atarikbd.txt index ab050621e20f..f3a3ba8847ba 100644 --- a/Documentation/input/atarikbd.txt +++ b/Documentation/input/atarikbd.txt @@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ major controller faults (ROM checksum and RAM test) and such things as stuck keys. Any keys down at power-up are presumed to be stuck, and their BREAK (sic) code is returned (which without the preceding MAKE code is a flag for a keyboard error). If the controller self-test completes without error, the code -0xF0 is returned. (This code will be used to indicate the version/rlease of +0xF0 is returned. (This code will be used to indicate the version/release of the ikbd controller. The first release of the ikbd is version 0xF0, should there be a second release it will be 0xF1, and so on.) The ikbd defaults to a mouse position reporting with threshold of 1 unit in @@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ INTERROGATION MODE. %nnnnmmmm ; where m is JOYSTICK1 state ; and n is JOYSTICK0 state -Sets the ikbd to do nothing but monitor the serial command lne, maintain the +Sets the ikbd to do nothing but monitor the serial command line, maintain the time-of-day clock, and monitor the joystick. The rate sets the interval between joystick samples. N.B. The user should not set the rate higher than the serial communications @@ -446,10 +446,10 @@ The sample interval should be as constant as possible. ; until vertical cursor key is generated before RY ; has elapsed VX ; length (in tenths of seconds) of joystick closure - ; until horizontal cursor keystokes are generated + ; until horizontal cursor keystrokes are generated ; after RX has elapsed VY ; length (in tenths of seconds) of joystick closure - ; until vertical cursor keystokes are generated + ; until vertical cursor keystrokes are generated ; after RY has elapsed In this mode, joystick 0 is scanned in a way that simulates cursor keystrokes. diff --git a/Documentation/input/iforce-protocol.txt b/Documentation/input/iforce-protocol.txt index afed1ae093ed..3ac92413c874 100644 --- a/Documentation/input/iforce-protocol.txt +++ b/Documentation/input/iforce-protocol.txt @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ This is not a reference. Comments and corrections are welcome. To contact me, send an email to: johann.deneux@gmail.com ** WARNING ** -I may not be held responsible for any dammage or harm caused if you try to +I shall not be held responsible for any damage or harm caused if you try to send data to your I-Force device based on what you read in this document. ** Preliminary Notes: @@ -151,13 +151,13 @@ OP= ff Query command. Length varies according to the query type. The general format of this packet is: ff 01 QUERY [INDEX] CHECKSUM -reponses are of the same form: +responses are of the same form: FF LEN QUERY VALUE_QUERIED CHECKSUM2 where LEN = 1 + length(VALUE_QUERIED) **** Query ram size **** QUERY = 42 ('B'uffer size) -The device should reply with the same packet plus two additionnal bytes +The device should reply with the same packet plus two additional bytes containing the size of the memory: ff 03 42 03 e8 CS would mean that the device has 1000 bytes of ram available. @@ -234,12 +234,16 @@ is the amount of memory apparently needed for every set of parameters: ** Appendix: How to study the protocol ? ** -1. Generate effects using the force editor provided with the DirectX SDK, or use Immersion Studio (freely available at their web site in the developer section: www.immersion.com) -2. Start a soft spying RS232 or USB (depending on where you connected your joystick/wheel). I used ComPortSpy from fCoder (alpha version!) +1. Generate effects using the force editor provided with the DirectX SDK, or +use Immersion Studio (freely available at their web site in the developer section: +www.immersion.com) +2. Start a soft spying RS232 or USB (depending on where you connected your +joystick/wheel). I used ComPortSpy from fCoder (alpha version!) 3. Play the effect, and watch what happens on the spy screen. A few words about ComPortSpy: -At first glance, this soft seems, hum, well... buggy. In fact, data appear with a few seconds latency. Personnaly, I restart it every time I play an effect. +At first glance, this software seems, hum, well... buggy. In fact, data appear with a +few seconds latency. Personally, I restart it every time I play an effect. Remember it's free (as in free beer) and alpha! ** URLS ** diff --git a/Documentation/input/input-programming.txt b/Documentation/input/input-programming.txt index 4d932dc66098..47fc86830cd7 100644 --- a/Documentation/input/input-programming.txt +++ b/Documentation/input/input-programming.txt @@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ In the _init function, which is called either upon module load or when booting the kernel, it grabs the required resources (it should also check for the presence of the device). -Then it allocates a new input device structure with input_aloocate_device() +Then it allocates a new input device structure with input_allocate_device() and sets up input bitfields. This way the device driver tells the other parts of the input systems what it is - what events can be generated or accepted by this input device. Our example device can only generate EV_KEY diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-docs.txt b/Documentation/kernel-docs.txt index d9e3b199929b..5a4ef48224ae 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-docs.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-docs.txt @@ -76,9 +76,9 @@ * Title: "Conceptual Architecture of the Linux Kernel" Author: Ivan T. Bowman. URL: http://plg.uwaterloo.ca/~itbowman/papers/CS746G-a1.html - Keywords: conceptual software arquitecture, extracted design, + Keywords: conceptual software architecture, extracted design, reverse engineering, system structure. - Description: Conceptual software arquitecture of the Linux kernel, + Description: Conceptual software architecture of the Linux kernel, automatically extracted from the source code. Very detailed. Good figures. Gives good overall kernel understanding. diff --git a/Documentation/networking/bcm43xx.txt b/Documentation/networking/bcm43xx.txt index a136721499bf..d602c8d6ff3e 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/bcm43xx.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/bcm43xx.txt @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ all, distributions. There is, however, additional software that is required. The firmware used by the chip is the intellectual property of Broadcom and they have not given the bcm43xx team redistribution rights to this firmware. Since we cannot legally redistribute -the firwmare we cannot include it with the driver. Furthermore, it +the firmware we cannot include it with the driver. Furthermore, it cannot be placed in the downloadable archives of any distributing organization; therefore, the user is responsible for obtaining the firmware and placing it in the appropriate location so that the driver diff --git a/Documentation/networking/rxrpc.txt b/Documentation/networking/rxrpc.txt index c36b64b0020f..c3669a3fb4af 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/rxrpc.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/rxrpc.txt @@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ such as the AFS filesystem. This permits such a utility to: buffers manipulated directly. To use the RxRPC facility, a kernel utility must still open an AF_RXRPC socket, -bind an addess as appropriate and listen if it's to be a server socket, but +bind an address as appropriate and listen if it's to be a server socket, but then it passes this to the kernel interface functions. The kernel interface functions are as follows: diff --git a/Documentation/networking/udplite.txt b/Documentation/networking/udplite.txt index 6be09ba24a36..b6409cab075c 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/udplite.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/udplite.txt @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ For in-depth information, you can consult: o The UDP-Lite Homepage: http://www.erg.abdn.ac.uk/users/gerrit/udp-lite/ - Fom here you can also download some example application source code. + From here you can also download some example application source code. o The UDP-Lite HOWTO on http://www.erg.abdn.ac.uk/users/gerrit/udp-lite/files/UDP-Lite-HOWTO.txt @@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ While it is important that such cases are dealt with correctly, they are (annoyingly) rare: UDP-Lite is designed for optimising multimedia performance over wireless (or generally noisy) links and thus smaller - coverage lenghts are likely to be expected. + coverage lengths are likely to be expected. V) UDP-LITE RUNTIME STATISTICS AND THEIR MEANING @@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ VI) IPTABLES There is packet match support for UDP-Lite as well as support for the LOG target. - If you copy and paste the following line into /etc/protcols, + If you copy and paste the following line into /etc/protocols, udplite 136 UDP-Lite # UDP-Lite [RFC 3828] diff --git a/Documentation/power/swsusp-and-swap-files.txt b/Documentation/power/swsusp-and-swap-files.txt index 06f911a5f885..f281886de490 100644 --- a/Documentation/power/swsusp-and-swap-files.txt +++ b/Documentation/power/swsusp-and-swap-files.txt @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ resume= resume_offset= where is the partition on which the swap file is located and is the offset of the swap header determined by the application in 2) (of course, this step may be carried out automatically -by the same application that determies the swap file's header offset using the +by the same application that determines the swap file's header offset using the FIBMAP ioctl) OR diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/eeh-pci-error-recovery.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/eeh-pci-error-recovery.txt index 4530d1bf0286..df7afe43d462 100644 --- a/Documentation/powerpc/eeh-pci-error-recovery.txt +++ b/Documentation/powerpc/eeh-pci-error-recovery.txt @@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ Causes of EEH Errors EEH was originally designed to guard against hardware failure, such as PCI cards dying from heat, humidity, dust, vibration and bad electrical connections. The vast majority of EEH errors seen in -"real life" are due to eithr poorly seated PCI cards, or, -unfortunately quite commonly, due device driver bugs, device firmware +"real life" are due to either poorly seated PCI cards, or, +unfortunately quite commonly, due to device driver bugs, device firmware bugs, and sometimes PCI card hardware bugs. The most common software bug, is one that causes the device to diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/mpc52xx-device-tree-bindings.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/mpc52xx-device-tree-bindings.txt index e59fcbbe338c..5f7d536cb0c6 100644 --- a/Documentation/powerpc/mpc52xx-device-tree-bindings.txt +++ b/Documentation/powerpc/mpc52xx-device-tree-bindings.txt @@ -17,12 +17,12 @@ passed by the boot loader to the kernel at boot time. The device tree describes what devices are present on the board and how they are connected. The device tree can either be passed as a binary blob (as described in Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt), or passed -by Open Firmare (IEEE 1275) compatible firmware using an OF compatible +by Open Firmware (IEEE 1275) compatible firmware using an OF compatible client interface API. This document specifies the requirements on the device-tree for mpc5200 based boards. These requirements are above and beyond the details -specified in either the OpenFirmware spec or booting-without-of.txt +specified in either the Open Firmware spec or booting-without-of.txt All new mpc5200-based boards are expected to match this document. In cases where this document is not sufficient to support a new board port, @@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ match on the compatible list; the 'most compatible' driver should be selected. The split between the MPC5200 and the MPC5200B leaves a bit of a -connundrum. How should the compatible property be set up to provide -maximum compatability information; but still acurately describe the +conundrum. How should the compatible property be set up to provide +maximum compatibility information; but still accurately describe the chip? For the MPC5200; the answer is easy. Most of the SoC devices originally appeared on the MPC5200. Since they didn't exist anywhere else; the 5200 compatible properties will contain only one item; @@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ The 5200B is almost the same as the 5200, but not quite. It fixes silicon bugs and it adds a small number of enhancements. Most of the devices either provide exactly the same interface as on the 5200. A few devices have extra functions but still have a backwards compatible mode. -To express this infomation as completely as possible, 5200B device trees +To express this information as completely as possible, 5200B device trees should have two items in the compatible list; "mpc5200b-\0mpc5200-". It is *strongly* recommended that 5200B device trees follow this convention (instead of only listing @@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ ethernet@ network mpc5200-fec MPC5200 ethernet device ata@ ata mpc5200-ata IDE ATA interface i2c@ i2c mpc5200-i2c I2C controller usb@ usb-ohci-be mpc5200-ohci,ohci-be USB controller -xlb@ xlb mpc5200-xlb XLB arbritrator +xlb@ xlb mpc5200-xlb XLB arbitrator Important child node properties name type description diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/aic79xx.txt b/Documentation/scsi/aic79xx.txt index 6aa9a891f3d0..683ccae00ad4 100644 --- a/Documentation/scsi/aic79xx.txt +++ b/Documentation/scsi/aic79xx.txt @@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ The following information is available in this file: list size to avoid SCSI malloc pool fragmentation. - Cleanup channel display in our /proc output. - Workaround duplicate device entries in the mid-layer - devlice list during add-single-device. + device list during add-single-device. 1.3.6 (March 28th, 2003) - Correct a double free in the Domain Validation code. diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/aic7xxx.txt b/Documentation/scsi/aic7xxx.txt index 5f34d2ba69b4..b7e238cbb5a7 100644 --- a/Documentation/scsi/aic7xxx.txt +++ b/Documentation/scsi/aic7xxx.txt @@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ The following information is available in this file: - Add support for 2.5.X's scsi_report_device_reset(). 6.2.34 (May 5th, 2003) - - Fix locking regression instroduced in 6.2.29 that + - Fix locking regression introduced in 6.2.29 that 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. @@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ The following information is available in this file: Option: tag_info:{{value[,value...]}[,{value[,value...]}...]} Definition: Set the per-target tagged queue depth on a per controller basis. Both controllers and targets - may be ommitted indicating that they should retain + may be omitted indicating that they should retain the default tag depth. Examples: tag_info:{{16,32,32,64,8,8,,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32} On Controller 0 @@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ The following information is available in this file: ----------------------------------------------------------------- Option: dv: {value[,value...]} Definition: Set Domain Validation Policy on a per-controller basis. - Controllers may be ommitted indicating that + Controllers may be omitted indicating that they should retain the default read streaming setting. Example: dv:{-1,0,,1,1,0} On Controller 0 leave DV at its default setting. diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/ibmmca.txt b/Documentation/scsi/ibmmca.txt index a08e225653d6..a810421f1fb3 100644 --- a/Documentation/scsi/ibmmca.txt +++ b/Documentation/scsi/ibmmca.txt @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ versions older than 4.0 do not work with kernels 2.4.0 or later! If you try to compile your kernel with the wrong driver source, the compilation is aborted and you get a corresponding error message. This is - no bug in the driver. It prevents you from using the wrong sourcecode + no bug in the driver; it prevents you from using the wrong source code with the wrong kernel version. Authors of this Driver @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ 5 Users' Manual 5.1 Commandline Parameters 5.2 Troubleshooting - 5.3 Bugreports + 5.3 Bug reports 5.4 Support WWW-page 6 References 7 Credits to @@ -71,13 +71,13 @@ 1 Abstract ---------- - This README-file describes the IBM SCSI-subsystem low level driver for - Linux. The descriptions which were formerly kept in the source-code have - been taken out to this file to easify the codes' readability. The driver + This README-file describes the IBM SCSI-subsystem low level driver for + Linux. The descriptions which were formerly kept in the source code have + been taken out of this file to simplify the codes readability. The driver description has been updated, as most of the former description was already - quite outdated. The history of the driver development is also kept inside - here. Multiple historical developments have been summarized to shorten the - textsize a bit. At the end of this file you can find a small manual for + quite outdated. The history of the driver development is also kept inside + here. Multiple historical developments have been summarized to shorten the + text size a bit. At the end of this file you can find a small manual for this driver and hints to get it running on your machine. 2 Driver Description @@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ between 0 and 7). The IBM SCSI-2 F/W adapter offers this on up to two busses and provides support for 30 logical devices at the same time, where in wide-addressing mode you can have 16 puns with 32 luns on each device. - This section dexribes you the handling of devices on non-F/W adapters. + This section describes the handling of devices on non-F/W adapters. Just imagine, that you can have 16 * 32 = 512 devices on a F/W adapter which means a lot of possible devices for such a small machine. @@ -209,10 +209,10 @@ -------------------------------------------------------- One consequence of information hiding is that the real (pun,lun) numbers are also hidden. The two possibilities to get around this problem - is to offer fake pun/lun combinations to the operating system or to + are to offer fake pun/lun combinations to the operating system or to delete the whole mapping of the adapter and to reassign the ldns, using the immediate assign command of the SCSI-subsystem for probing through - all possible pun/lun combinations. a ldn is a "logical device number" + all possible pun/lun combinations. An ldn is a "logical device number" which is used by IBM SCSI-subsystems to access some valid SCSI-device. At the beginning of the development of this driver, the following approach was used: @@ -251,9 +251,9 @@ lun>0 or to non-existing devices, in order to satisfy the subsystem, if there are less than 15 SCSI-devices connected. In the case of more than 15 devices, the dynamical mapping goes active. If the get_scsi[][] reports a - device to be existant, but it has no ldn assigned, it gets a ldn out of 7 - to 14. The numbers are assigned in cyclic order. Therefore it takes 8 - dynamical reassignments on the SCSI-devices, until a certain device + device to be existent, but it has no ldn assigned, it gets an ldn out of 7 + to 14. The numbers are assigned in cyclic order, therefore it takes 8 + dynamical reassignments on the SCSI-devices until a certain device loses its ldn again. This assures that dynamical remapping is avoided during intense I/O between up to 15 SCSI-devices (means pun,lun combinations). A further advantage of this method is that people who @@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ than devices are available, they are assigned to non existing pun,lun combinations to satisfy the adapter. With this, the dynamical mapping was possible to implement. (For further info see the text in the - source-code and in the description below. Read the description + source code and in the description below. Read the description below BEFORE installing this driver on your system!) 2) Changed the name IBMMCA_DRIVER_VERSION to IBMMCA_SCSI_DRIVER_VERSION. 3) The LED-display shows on PS/2-95 no longer the ldn, but the SCSI-ID @@ -762,9 +762,9 @@ - Michael Lang Apr 23, 2000 (v3.2pre1) - 1) During a very long time, I collected a huge amount of bugreports from + 1) During a very long time, I collected a huge amount of bug reports from various people, trying really quite different things on their SCSI- - PS/2s. Today, all these bugreports are taken into account and should be + PS/2s. Today, all these bug reports are taken into account and should be mostly solved. The major topics were: - Driver crashes during boottime by no obvious reason. - Driver panics while the midlevel-SCSI-driver is trying to inquire @@ -819,7 +819,7 @@ - Michael Lang July 17, 2000 (v3.2pre8) - A long period of collecting bugreports from all corners of the world + A long period of collecting bug reports from all corners of the world now lead to the following corrections to the code: 1) SCSI-2 F/W support crashed with a COMMAND ERROR. The reason for this was that it is possible to disable Fast-SCSI for the external bus. @@ -873,7 +873,7 @@ July 26, 2000 (v3.2pre11) 1) I passed a horrible weekend getting mad with NMIs on kernel 2.2.14 and a model 9595. Asking around in the community, nobody except of me has - seen such errors. Weired, but I am trying to recompile everything on + seen such errors. Weird, but I am trying to recompile everything on the model 9595. Maybe, as I use a specially modified gcc, that could cause problems. But, it was not the reason. The true background was, that the kernel was compiled for i386 and the 9595 has a 486DX-2. @@ -886,7 +886,7 @@ alive rotator during boottime. This makes sense, when no monitor is connected to the system. You can get rid of all display activity, if you do not use any parameter or just ibmmcascsi=activity, for the - harddrive activity LED, existant on all PS/2, except models 8595-XXX. + harddrive activity LED, existent on all PS/2, except models 8595-XXX. If no monitor is available, please use ibmmcascsi=display, which works fine together with the linuxinfo utility for the LED-panel. - Michael Lang @@ -1115,7 +1115,7 @@ If this really happens, do also send e-mail to the maintainer, as forced detection should be never necessary. Forced detection is in principal some flaw of the driver adapter detection and goes into - bugreports. + bug reports. Q: The driver screws up, if it starts to probe SCSI-devices, is there some way out of it? A: Yes, that was some recognition problem of the correct SCSI-adapter @@ -1172,7 +1172,7 @@ recommended version is 3.2 or later. Here, the F/W support is in a stable and reliable condition. Wide-addressing is in addition supported. - Q: I get a Ooops message and something like "killing interrupt". + Q: I get an Oops message and something like "killing interrupt". A: The reason for this is that the IBM SCSI-subsystem only sends a termination status back, if some error appeared. In former releases of the driver, it was not checked, if the termination status block @@ -1213,21 +1213,21 @@ problem. Not yet tried, but guessing that it could work. To get this, set unchecked_isa_dma argument of ibmmca.h from 0 to 1. - 5.3 Bugreports + 5.3 Bug reports -------------- - If you really find bugs in the sourcecode or the driver will successfully + If you really find bugs in the source code or the driver will successfully refuse to work on your machine, you should send a bug report to me. The best for this is to follow the instructions on the WWW-page for this driver. Fill out the bug-report form, placed on the WWW-page and ship it, so the bugs can be taken into account with maximum efforts. But, please do not send bug reports about this driver to Linus Torvalds or Leonard - Zubkoff, as Linus is burried in E-Mail and Leonard is supervising all + Zubkoff, as Linus is buried in E-Mail and Leonard is supervising all SCSI-drivers and won't have the time left to look inside every single driver to fix a bug and especially DO NOT send modified code to Linus Torvalds or Alan J. Cox which has not been checked here!!! They are both - quite burried in E-mail (as me, sometimes, too) and one should first check + quite buried in E-mail (as me, sometimes, too) and one should first check for problems on my local teststand. Recently, I got a lot of - bugreports for errors in the ibmmca.c code, which I could not imagine, but + bug reports for errors in the ibmmca.c code, which I could not imagine, but a look inside some Linux-distribution showed me quite often some modified code, which did no longer work on most other machines than the one of the modifier. Ok, so now that there is maintenance service available for this @@ -1261,7 +1261,7 @@ some e-mail directly, but at least with the same information as required by the formular. - If you have extensive bugreports, including Ooops messages and + If you have extensive bug reports, including Oops messages and screen-shots, please feel free to send it directly to the address of the maintainer, too. The current address of the maintainer is: @@ -1318,7 +1318,7 @@ detailed bug reports and ideas for this driver (and his patience ;-)). Alan J. Cox - for his bugreports and his bold activities in cross-checking + for his bug reports and his bold activities in cross-checking the driver-code with his teststand. 7.2 Sponsors & Supporters diff --git a/Documentation/sound/alsa/soc/DAI.txt b/Documentation/sound/alsa/soc/DAI.txt index 58cbfd01ea8f..3feeb9ecdec4 100644 --- a/Documentation/sound/alsa/soc/DAI.txt +++ b/Documentation/sound/alsa/soc/DAI.txt @@ -20,12 +20,12 @@ I2S === I2S is a common 4 wire DAI used in HiFi, STB and portable devices. The Tx and -Rx lines are used for audio transmision, whilst the bit clock (BCLK) and +Rx lines are used for audio transmission, whilst the bit clock (BCLK) and left/right clock (LRC) synchronise the link. I2S is flexible in that either the controller or CODEC can drive (master) the BCLK and LRC clock lines. Bit clock usually varies depending on the sample rate and the master system clock (SYSCLK). LRCLK is the same as the sample rate. A few devices support separate -ADC and DAC LRCLK's, this allows for similtanious capture and playback at +ADC and DAC LRCLK's, this allows for simultaneous capture and playback at different sample rates. I2S has several different operating modes:- @@ -41,12 +41,12 @@ I2S has several different operating modes:- PCM === -PCM is another 4 wire interface, very similar to I2S, that can support a more +PCM is another 4 wire interface, very similar to I2S, which can support a more flexible protocol. It has bit clock (BCLK) and sync (SYNC) lines that are used to synchronise the link whilst the Tx and Rx lines are used to transmit and receive the audio data. Bit clock usually varies depending on sample rate whilst sync runs at the sample rate. PCM also supports Time Division -Multiplexing (TDM) in that several devices can use the bus similtaniuosly (This +Multiplexing (TDM) in that several devices can use the bus simultaneously (this is sometimes referred to as network mode). Common PCM operating modes:- diff --git a/Documentation/sound/alsa/soc/clocking.txt b/Documentation/sound/alsa/soc/clocking.txt index e93960d53a1e..14930887c25f 100644 --- a/Documentation/sound/alsa/soc/clocking.txt +++ b/Documentation/sound/alsa/soc/clocking.txt @@ -2,20 +2,20 @@ Audio Clocking ============== This text describes the audio clocking terms in ASoC and digital audio in -general. Note: Audio clocking can be complex ! +general. Note: Audio clocking can be complex! Master Clock ------------ -Every audio subsystem is driven by a master clock (sometimes refered to as MCLK +Every audio subsystem is driven by a master clock (sometimes referred to as MCLK or SYSCLK). This audio master clock can be derived from a number of sources (e.g. crystal, PLL, CPU clock) and is responsible for producing the correct audio playback and capture sample rates. -Some master cloc