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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2010-03-13 01:04:50 +0100
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2010-03-13 01:04:50 +0100
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Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial: (56 commits) doc: fix typo in comment explaining rb_tree usage Remove fs/ntfs/ChangeLog doc: fix console doc typo doc: cpuset: Update the cpuset flag file Fix of spelling in arch/sparc/kernel/leon_kernel.c no longer needed Remove drivers/parport/ChangeLog Remove drivers/char/ChangeLog doc: typo - Table 1-2 should refer to "status", not "statm" tree-wide: fix typos "ass?o[sc]iac?te" -> "associate" in comments No need to patch AMD-provided drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/atombios.h devres/irq: Fix devm_irq_match comment Remove reference to kthread_create_on_cpu tree-wide: Assorted spelling fixes tree-wide: fix 'lenght' typo in comments and code drm/kms: fix spelling in error message doc: capitalization and other minor fixes in pnp doc devres: typo fix s/dev/devm/ Remove redundant trailing semicolons from macros fix typo "definetly" -> "definitely" in comment tree-wide: s/widht/width/g typo in comments ... Fix trivial conflict in Documentation/laptops/00-INDEX
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diff --git a/Documentation/pnp.txt b/Documentation/pnp.txt
index a327db67782a..763e4659bf18 100644
--- a/Documentation/pnp.txt
+++ b/Documentation/pnp.txt
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ PC standard floppy disk controller
# cat resources
DISABLED
-- Notice the string "DISABLED". THis means the device is not active.
+- Notice the string "DISABLED". This means the device is not active.
3.) check the device's possible configurations (optional)
# cat options
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ Plug and Play but it is planned to be in the near future.
Requirements for a Linux PnP protocol:
1.) the protocol must use EISA IDs
-2.) the protocol must inform the PnP Layer of a devices current configuration
+2.) the protocol must inform the PnP Layer of a device's current configuration
- the ability to set resources is optional but preferred.
The following are PnP protocol related functions:
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ pnp_remove_device
- automatically will free mem used by the device and related structures
pnp_add_id
-- adds a EISA ID to the list of supported IDs for the specified device
+- adds an EISA ID to the list of supported IDs for the specified device
For more information consult the source of a protocol such as
/drivers/pnp/pnpbios/core.c.
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ For more information consult the source of a protocol such as
Linux Plug and Play Drivers
---------------------------
- This section contains information for linux PnP driver developers.
+ This section contains information for Linux PnP driver developers.
The New Way
...........
@@ -235,11 +235,10 @@ static int __init serial8250_pnp_init(void)
The Old Way
...........
-a series of compatibility functions have been created to make it easy to convert
-
+A series of compatibility functions have been created to make it easy to convert
ISAPNP drivers. They should serve as a temporary solution only.
-they are as follows:
+They are as follows:
struct pnp_card *pnp_find_card(unsigned short vendor,
unsigned short device,