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SubjectRe: [PATCH] 2.6.22 - Documentation Cleanup
Thanks as always... comments below, new patch coming separately.

On Mon, 9 Jul 2007 16:39:49 -0700
Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> wrote:

> On Mon, 9 Jul 2007 13:45:16 -0400 Matt LaPlante wrote:
>
> > Fix misc small issues/typos/grammar in Documentation txts for 2.6.22.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Matt LaPlante <kernel1@cyberdogtech.com>
> > --
>
> patching file Documentation/input/iforce-protocol.txt
> Hunk #1 FAILED at 7.
> Hunk #2 FAILED at 151.
> Hunk #3 FAILED at 239.
> 3 out of 3 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file Documentation/input/iforce-protocol.txt.rej

Hrm... I double checked against both virgin 2.6.22 and 22-git2, and both applied without error... are you sure about this?

>
>
> > diff -ru a/Documentation/arm/Samsung-S3C24XX/DMA.txt b/Documentation/arm/Samsung-S3C24XX/DMA.txt
> > --- a/Documentation/arm/Samsung-S3C24XX/DMA.txt 2007-07-08 19:32:17.000000000 -0400
> > +++ b/Documentation/arm/Samsung-S3C24XX/DMA.txt 2007-07-08 23:11:21.000000000 -0400
> > @@ -17,15 +17,15 @@
> > 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.
>
> Why uppercase DMA and not cpu?

Maybe I was subconciously trying not to set a precedent for that one... :)
Changed now.

>
> > 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
> > + 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.
> >
> > If the order has the flag DMA_CH_NEVER set, then after
> > @@ -33,8 +33,8 @@
> > 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 -ru a/Documentation/input/iforce-protocol.txt b/Documentation/input/iforce-protocol.txt
> > --- a/Documentation/input/iforce-protocol.txt 2007-07-08 19:32:17.000000000 -0400
> > +++ b/Documentation/input/iforce-protocol.txt 2007-07-08 22:26:12.000000000 -0400
> > @@ -239,7 +239,7 @@
> > 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 soft seems, hum, well... buggy. In fact, data appear with a few seconds latency. Personally, I restart it every time I play an effect.
>
> Those lines are too long.

agreed... chopped up the offenders in that file

>
> > Remember it's free (as in free beer) and alpha!
> >
> > ** URLS **
>
> > diff -ru a/Documentation/scsi/ibmmca.txt b/Documentation/scsi/ibmmca.txt
> > --- a/Documentation/scsi/ibmmca.txt 2007-07-08 19:32:17.000000000 -0400
> > +++ b/Documentation/scsi/ibmmca.txt 2007-07-09 12:47:52.000000000 -0400
> > @@ -72,12 +72,12 @@
> > 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
> > + 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
>
> code's
>
> and that line ends with a space. There are several new patch lines
> that end with a space. Please check/remove those trailing spaces.

$ find ./Documentation -name "*.txt" | xargs pcregrep "\S+ $" | wc -l
3494

Good grief! This may require a seperate patch or two. :)

Instances in this patch should be fixed (not necessarily in context lines).

>
> > 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
> > + 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.
> >
> > @@ -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:
>
> leads

how about 'has lead'

>
> > 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.
> > @@ -1188,7 +1188,7 @@
> > and 15 get ignored by the driver & adapter!
> > Q: I have a 9595 and I get a NMI during heavy SCSI I/O e.g. during fsck.
> > A COMMAND ERROR is reported and characters on the screen are missing.
> > - Warm reboot is not possible. Things look like quite weired.
> > + Warm reboot is not possible. Things look like quite weird.
>
> delete "like"

got it

>
> > A: Check the processor type of your 9595. If you have an 80486 or 486DX-2
> > processor complex on your mainboard and you compiled a kernel that
> > supports 80386 processors, it is possible, that the kernel cannot
> > @@ -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 Ooops messages and
>
> Oops

indeed

>
> > screen-shots, please feel free to send it directly to the address
>
> them

got it

>
> > of the maintainer, too. The current address of the maintainer is:
> >
>
> > diff -ru a/Documentation/sound/alsa/soc/overview.txt b/Documentation/sound/alsa/soc/overview.txt
> > --- a/Documentation/sound/alsa/soc/overview.txt 2007-07-08 19:32:17.000000000 -0400
> > +++ b/Documentation/sound/alsa/soc/overview.txt 2007-07-09 12:30:56.000000000 -0400
> > @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
> > ==============
> >
> > The overall project goal of the ALSA System on Chip (ASoC) layer is to provide
> > -better ALSA support for embedded system on chip procesors (e.g. pxa2xx, au1x00,
> > +better ALSA support for embedded system on chip processors (e.g. pxa2xx, au1x00,
>
> system-on-chip (?)

sure why not

>
> > iMX, etc) and portable audio codecs. Currently there is some support in the
> > kernel for SoC audio, however it has some limitations:-
> >
>
> Rest of looks good to me.
>
> Thanks.
> ---
> ~Randy
> *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code ***


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Matt LaPlante
CCNP, CCDP, A+, Linux+, CQS
kernel1@cyberdogtech.com

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