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| author | Mike Waychison <mikew@google.com> | 2011-03-19 00:50:03 +0100 |
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| committer | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> | 2011-04-20 01:45:51 +0200 |
| commit | 695cca8763078c743417886e80af8ccb78bec9f2 (patch) | |
| tree | c2adddf403ae456aa04575d8c680e5cdedeaac96 /Documentation/ABI | |
| parent | efivars: handle errors from register_efivars() (diff) | |
| download | linux-695cca8763078c743417886e80af8ccb78bec9f2.tar.xz linux-695cca8763078c743417886e80af8ccb78bec9f2.zip | |
firmware: Fix grammar in sysfs-firmware-dmi doc
Fix the grammar in describing the position attribute of DMI entries in
the dmi-sysfs module. While here, make a couple other small clarifying
fixups to the docs.
Reported-by: <Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu>
Signed-off-by: Mike Waychison <mikew@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/ABI')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-dmi | 18 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-dmi b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-dmi index ba9da9503c23..c78f9ab01e56 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-dmi +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-dmi @@ -14,14 +14,15 @@ Description: DMI is structured as a large table of entries, where each entry has a common header indicating the type and - length of the entry, as well as 'handle' that is - supposed to be unique amongst all entries. + length of the entry, as well as a firmware-provided + 'handle' that is supposed to be unique amongst all + entries. Some entries are required by the specification, but many others are optional. In general though, users should never expect to find a specific entry type on their system unless they know for certain what their firmware - is doing. Machine to machine will vary. + is doing. Machine to machine experiences will vary. Multiple entries of the same type are allowed. In order to handle these duplicate entry types, each entry is @@ -67,25 +68,24 @@ Description: and the two terminating nul characters. type : The type of the entry. This value is the same as found in the directory name. It indicates - how the rest of the entry should be - interpreted. + how the rest of the entry should be interpreted. instance: The instance ordinal of the entry for the given type. This value is the same as found in the parent directory name. - position: The position of the entry within the entirety - of the entirety. + position: The ordinal position (zero-based) of the entry + within the entirety of the DMI entry table. === Entry Specialization === Some entry types may have other information available in - sysfs. + sysfs. Not all types are specialized. --- Type 15 - System Event Log --- This entry allows the firmware to export a log of events the system has taken. This information is typically backed by nvram, but the implementation - details are abstracted by this table. This entries data + details are abstracted by this table. This entry's data is exported in the directory: /sys/firmware/dmi/entries/15-0/system_event_log |