Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | Frederik Schwarzer <> | Subject | [PATCH] some typo fixes in docs and comments | Date | Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:11:17 +0200 |
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Hi,
while reading the help of a kernel module config, I found a typo. Since this is a quite common typo, I looked for it further and fixed it where I found it.
I hope this is the right address for this kind of things.
Regards, Frederik
--- Documentation/dell_rbu.txt | 4 ++-- Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt | 2 +- Documentation/networking/tuntap.txt | 2 +- arch/m68k/kernel/traps.c | 2 +- drivers/acpi/executer/exprep.c | 2 +- drivers/acpi/executer/exresolv.c | 2 +- drivers/acpi/executer/exstore.c | 2 +- drivers/acpi/resources/rscreate.c | 2 +- drivers/acpi/utilities/utobject.c | 4 ++-- drivers/char/epca.c | 2 +- drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig | 4 ++-- drivers/input/keyboard/atkbd.c | 2 +- drivers/macintosh/Kconfig | 2 +- drivers/misc/phantom.c | 2 +- fs/ncpfs/ioctl.c | 2 +- include/acpi/acmacros.h | 2 +- include/acpi/actypes.h | 2 +- include/asm-x86/desc_defs.h | 2 +- include/linux/ncp_fs.h | 2 +- mm/slub.c | 2 +- sound/oss/aedsp16.c | 2 +- 21 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/dell_rbu.txt b/Documentation/dell_rbu.txt index 2c0d631..c11b931 100644 --- a/Documentation/dell_rbu.txt +++ b/Documentation/dell_rbu.txt @@ -81,8 +81,8 @@ Until this step is completed the driver cannot be unloaded. Also echoing either mono ,packet or init in to image_type will free up the memory allocated by the driver.
-If an user by accident executes steps 1 and 3 above without executing step 2; -it will make the /sys/class/firmware/dell_rbu/ entries to disappear. +If a user by accident executes steps 1 and 3 above without executing step 2; +it will make the /sys/class/firmware/dell_rbu/ entries disappear. The entries can be recreated by doing the following echo init > /sys/devices/platform/dell_rbu/image_type NOTE: echoing init in image_type does not change it original value. diff --git a/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt b/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt index 64b3f14..fd40333 100644 --- a/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt +++ b/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt @@ -1470,7 +1470,7 @@ Sysfs interface changelog:
0x020100: Marker for thinkpad-acpi with hot key NVRAM polling support. If you must, use it to know you should not - start an userspace NVRAM poller (allows to detect when + start a userspace NVRAM poller (allows to detect when NVRAM is compiled out by the user because it is unneeded/undesired in the first place). 0x020101: Marker for thinkpad-acpi with hot key NVRAM polling diff --git a/Documentation/networking/tuntap.txt b/Documentation/networking/tuntap.txt index 839cbb7..c0aab98 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/tuntap.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/tuntap.txt @@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ As mentioned above, main purpose of TUN/TAP driver is tunneling. It is used by VTun (http://vtun.sourceforge.net).
Another interesting application using TUN/TAP is pipsecd -(http://perso.enst.fr/~beyssac/pipsec/), an userspace IPSec +(http://perso.enst.fr/~beyssac/pipsec/), a userspace IPSec implementation that can use complete kernel routing (unlike FreeS/WAN).
3. How does Virtual network device actually work ? diff --git a/arch/m68k/kernel/traps.c b/arch/m68k/kernel/traps.c index 75b8340..8d90429 100644 --- a/arch/m68k/kernel/traps.c +++ b/arch/m68k/kernel/traps.c @@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ static inline void do_040writebacks(struct frame *fp) * called from sigreturn(), must ensure userspace code didn't * manipulate exception frame to circumvent protection, then complete * pending writebacks - * we just clear TM2 to turn it into an userspace access + * we just clear TM2 to turn it into a userspace access */ asmlinkage void berr_040cleanup(struct frame *fp) { diff --git a/drivers/acpi/executer/exprep.c b/drivers/acpi/executer/exprep.c index 3a2f8cd..07ec6b3 100644 --- a/drivers/acpi/executer/exprep.c +++ b/drivers/acpi/executer/exprep.c @@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ acpi_ex_prep_common_field_object(union acpi_operand_object *obj_desc, * * RETURN: Status * - * DESCRIPTION: Construct an union acpi_operand_object of type def_field and + * DESCRIPTION: Construct a union acpi_operand_object of type def_field and * connect it to the parent Node. * ******************************************************************************/ diff --git a/drivers/acpi/executer/exresolv.c b/drivers/acpi/executer/exresolv.c index b35f7c8..598acd9 100644 --- a/drivers/acpi/executer/exresolv.c +++ b/drivers/acpi/executer/exresolv.c @@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ acpi_ex_resolve_object_to_value(union acpi_operand_object **stack_ptr,
stack_desc = *stack_ptr;
- /* This is an union acpi_operand_object */ + /* This is a union acpi_operand_object */
switch (ACPI_GET_OBJECT_TYPE(stack_desc)) { case ACPI_TYPE_LOCAL_REFERENCE: diff --git a/drivers/acpi/executer/exstore.c b/drivers/acpi/executer/exstore.c index 76c875b..fb1d72b 100644 --- a/drivers/acpi/executer/exstore.c +++ b/drivers/acpi/executer/exstore.c @@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ acpi_ex_do_debug_object(union acpi_operand_object *source_desc, * * PARAMETERS: *source_desc - Value to be stored * *dest_desc - Where to store it. Must be an NS node - * or an union acpi_operand_object of type + * or a union acpi_operand_object of type * Reference; * walk_state - Current walk state * diff --git a/drivers/acpi/resources/rscreate.c b/drivers/acpi/resources/rscreate.c index faddaee..e769ce1 100644 --- a/drivers/acpi/resources/rscreate.c +++ b/drivers/acpi/resources/rscreate.c @@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ acpi_rs_create_resource_list(union acpi_operand_object *aml_buffer, * * FUNCTION: acpi_rs_create_pci_routing_table * - * PARAMETERS: package_object - Pointer to an union acpi_operand_object + * PARAMETERS: package_object - Pointer to a union acpi_operand_object * package * output_buffer - Pointer to the user's buffer * diff --git a/drivers/acpi/utilities/utobject.c b/drivers/acpi/utilities/utobject.c index e68466d..1a14877 100644 --- a/drivers/acpi/utilities/utobject.c +++ b/drivers/acpi/utilities/utobject.c @@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ union acpi_operand_object *acpi_ut_create_string_object(acpi_size string_size) * * RETURN: TRUE if object is valid, FALSE otherwise * - * DESCRIPTION: Validate a pointer to be an union acpi_operand_object + * DESCRIPTION: Validate a pointer to be a union acpi_operand_object * ******************************************************************************/
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ void acpi_ut_delete_object_desc(union acpi_operand_object *object) { ACPI_FUNCTION_TRACE_PTR(ut_delete_object_desc, object);
- /* Object must be an union acpi_operand_object */ + /* Object must be a union acpi_operand_object */
if (ACPI_GET_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE(object) != ACPI_DESC_TYPE_OPERAND) { ACPI_ERROR((AE_INFO, diff --git a/drivers/char/epca.c b/drivers/char/epca.c index 60a4df7..d3fa080 100644 --- a/drivers/char/epca.c +++ b/drivers/char/epca.c @@ -896,7 +896,7 @@ static int pc_open(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *filp) /* Check status of board configured in system. */
/* - * I check to see if the epca_setup routine detected an user error. It + * I check to see if the epca_setup routine detected a user error. It * might be better to put this in pc_init, but for the moment it goes * here. */ diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig b/drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig index 5f076ae..a8c8d9c 100644 --- a/drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig @@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ config CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_USERSPACE select CPU_FREQ_GOV_USERSPACE help Use the CPUFreq governor 'userspace' as default. This allows - you to set the CPU frequency manually or when an userspace + you to set the CPU frequency manually or when a userspace program shall be able to set the CPU dynamically without having to enable the userspace governor manually.
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ config CPU_FREQ_GOV_USERSPACE tristate "'userspace' governor for userspace frequency scaling" help Enable this cpufreq governor when you either want to set the - CPU frequency manually or when an userspace program shall + CPU frequency manually or when a userspace program shall be able to set the CPU dynamically, like on LART <http://www.lartmaker.nl/>.
diff --git a/drivers/input/keyboard/atkbd.c b/drivers/input/keyboard/atkbd.c index af58a6f..0d5423a 100644 --- a/drivers/input/keyboard/atkbd.c +++ b/drivers/input/keyboard/atkbd.c @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(extra, "Enable extra LEDs and keys on IBM RapidAcces, EzKey and
/* * Scancode to keycode tables. These are just the default setting, and - * are loadable via an userland utility. + * are loadable via a userland utility. */
static unsigned char atkbd_set2_keycode[512] = { diff --git a/drivers/macintosh/Kconfig b/drivers/macintosh/Kconfig index b526596..173cf55 100644 --- a/drivers/macintosh/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/macintosh/Kconfig @@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ config PMAC_BACKLIGHT Say Y here to enable Macintosh specific extensions of the generic backlight code. With this enabled, the brightness keys on older PowerBooks will be enabled so you can change the screen brightness. - Newer models should use an userspace daemon like pbbuttonsd. + Newer models should use a userspace daemon like pbbuttonsd.
config PMAC_BACKLIGHT_LEGACY bool "Provide legacy ioctl's on /dev/pmu for the backlight" diff --git a/drivers/misc/phantom.c b/drivers/misc/phantom.c index 71d1c84..d15ff51 100644 --- a/drivers/misc/phantom.c +++ b/drivers/misc/phantom.c @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * - * You need an userspace library to cooperate with this driver. It (and other + * You need a userspace library to cooperate with this driver. It (and other * info) may be obtained here: * http://www.fi.muni.cz/~xslaby/phantom.html * or alternatively, you might use OpenHaptics provided by Sensable. diff --git a/fs/ncpfs/ioctl.c b/fs/ncpfs/ioctl.c index 3a97c95..e2ea89e 100644 --- a/fs/ncpfs/ioctl.c +++ b/fs/ncpfs/ioctl.c @@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ struct compat_ncp_objectname_ioctl { s32 auth_type; u32 object_name_len; - compat_caddr_t object_name; /* an userspace data, in most cases user name */ + compat_caddr_t object_name; /* a userspace data, in most cases user name */ };
struct compat_ncp_fs_info_v2 { diff --git a/include/acpi/acmacros.h b/include/acpi/acmacros.h index fb41a3b..5670be3 100644 --- a/include/acpi/acmacros.h +++ b/include/acpi/acmacros.h @@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ struct acpi_integer_overlay {
/* * An struct acpi_namespace_node * can appear in some contexts, - * where a pointer to an union acpi_operand_object can also + * where a pointer to a union acpi_operand_object can also * appear. This macro is used to distinguish them. * * The "Descriptor" field is the first field in both structures. diff --git a/include/acpi/actypes.h b/include/acpi/actypes.h index dfea2d4..7d7607a 100644 --- a/include/acpi/actypes.h +++ b/include/acpi/actypes.h @@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ typedef u32 acpi_object_type;
/* * These are special object types that never appear in - * a Namespace node, only in an union acpi_operand_object + * a Namespace node, only in a union acpi_operand_object */ #define ACPI_TYPE_LOCAL_EXTRA 0x1C #define ACPI_TYPE_LOCAL_DATA 0x1D diff --git a/include/asm-x86/desc_defs.h b/include/asm-x86/desc_defs.h index eccb4ea..4ba24f6 100644 --- a/include/asm-x86/desc_defs.h +++ b/include/asm-x86/desc_defs.h @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ * FIXME: Acessing the desc_struct through its fields is more elegant, * and should be the one valid thing to do. However, a lot of open code * still touches the a and b acessors, and doing this allow us to do it - * incrementally. We keep the signature as a struct, rather than an union, + * incrementally. We keep the signature as a struct, rather than a union, * so we can get rid of it transparently in the future -- glommer */ /* 8 byte segment descriptor */ diff --git a/include/linux/ncp_fs.h b/include/linux/ncp_fs.h index 9f2d763..f69e66d 100644 --- a/include/linux/ncp_fs.h +++ b/include/linux/ncp_fs.h @@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ struct ncp_objectname_ioctl #define NCP_AUTH_NDS 0x32 int auth_type; size_t object_name_len; - void __user * object_name; /* an userspace data, in most cases user name */ + void __user * object_name; /* a userspace data, in most cases user name */ };
struct ncp_privatedata_ioctl diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c index 0987d1c..f8be6c5 100644 --- a/mm/slub.c +++ b/mm/slub.c @@ -2271,7 +2271,7 @@ static int calculate_sizes(struct kmem_cache *s, int forced_order) * Add some empty padding so that we can catch * overwrites from earlier objects rather than let * tracking information or the free pointer be - * corrupted if an user writes before the start + * corrupted if a user writes before the start * of the object. */ size += sizeof(void *); diff --git a/sound/oss/aedsp16.c b/sound/oss/aedsp16.c index 51e1fde..77656e7 100644 --- a/sound/oss/aedsp16.c +++ b/sound/oss/aedsp16.c @@ -165,7 +165,7 @@
Started Fri Mar 17 16:13:18 MET 1995
- v0.1 (ALPHA, was an user-level program called AudioExcelDSP16.c) + v0.1 (ALPHA, was a user-level program called AudioExcelDSP16.c) - Initial code. v0.2 (ALPHA) - Cleanups. -- 1.5.5.4
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