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SubjectRe: [PATCH 19-rc1] Fix typos in /Documentation : Misc
On Tue, 10 Oct 2006 21:19:38 -0400 Matt LaPlante wrote:

> This patch fixes typos in various Documentation txts. The patch addresses some misc words.

Lots of good stuff. Plus a few comments below.

> diff -ru a/Documentation/devices.txt b/Documentation/devices.txt
> --- a/Documentation/devices.txt 2006-10-06 21:28:14.000000000 -0400
> +++ b/Documentation/devices.txt 2006-10-06 22:30:10.000000000 -0400

These all look good, but we need to make sure that the LANANA
people get this patch too. (cc-ed)

I think that there was another devices.txt patch in the last
couple of weeks. Is anybody collecting those??

> @@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
> 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 @@
>
> 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 @@
> 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 @@
> 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
> ...

> diff -ru a/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt
> --- a/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt 2006-10-06 21:28:15.000000000 -0400
> +++ b/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt 2006-10-06 22:12:06.000000000 -0400

> @@ -854,7 +854,7 @@
> console device if any. Typically, if you have serial devices on
> your board, you may want to put the full path to the one set as
> the default console in the firmware here, for the kernel to pick
> - it up as it's own default console. If you look at the funciton
> + it up as it's own default console. If you look at the function

its

> set_preferred_console() in arch/ppc64/kernel/setup.c, you'll see
> that the kernel tries to find out the default console and has
> knowledge of various types like 8250 serial ports. You may want

> diff -ru a/Documentation/s390/Debugging390.txt b/Documentation/s390/Debugging390.txt
> --- a/Documentation/s390/Debugging390.txt 2006-10-06 21:44:21.000000000 -0400
> +++ b/Documentation/s390/Debugging390.txt 2006-10-06 21:44:28.000000000 -0400

> @@ -1037,12 +1037,12 @@
>
> Performance Debugging
> =====================
> -gcc is capible of compiling in profiling code just add the -p option
> -to the CFLAGS, this obviously affects program size & performance.
> +gcc is capable of compiling in profiling code; just add the -p option
> +to the CFLAGS (this obviously affects program size & performance).
> This can be used by the gprof gnu profiling tool or the
> -gcov the gnu code coverage tool ( code coverage is a means of testing
> +gcov the gnu code coverage tool (code coverage is a means of testing

gcov gnu code coverage tool...

> code quality by checking if all the code in an executable in exercised by
> -a tester ).
> +a tester).

> diff -ru a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
> --- a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt 2006-10-06 21:44:21.000000000 -0400
> +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt 2006-10-06 21:44:28.000000000 -0400
> @@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
>
> zone_reclaim_mode:
>
> -Zone_reclaim_mode allows to set more or less agressive approaches to
> +Zone_reclaim_mode allows to set more or less aggressive approaches to

allows someone (or "one")

> reclaim memory when a zone runs out of memory. If it is set to zero then no
> zone reclaim occurs. Allocations will be satisfied from other zones / nodes
> in the system.

and Thanks.

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~Randy
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