Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933671Ab1ETALQ (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 May 2011 20:11:16 -0400 Received: from out2.smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.26]:52626 "EHLO out2.smtp.messagingengine.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933217Ab1ETALM (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 May 2011 20:11:12 -0400 X-Sasl-enc: DgHN9HLMMUxtosIO7YtLu05Ud1Wa67cbktO/jcMwNg8r 1305850271 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Mike Waychison , Greg Kroah-Hartman Subject: [PATCH 04/44] firmware: Fix grammar in sysfs-firmware-dmi doc Date: Thu, 19 May 2011 17:10:22 -0700 Message-Id: <1305850262-9575-4-git-send-email-gregkh@suse.de> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.7.4.2 In-Reply-To: <1305850262-9575-1-git-send-email-gregkh@suse.de> References: <20110520000821.GA9367@kroah.com> <1305850262-9575-1-git-send-email-gregkh@suse.de> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2978 Lines: 75 From: Mike Waychison 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: Signed-off-by: Mike Waychison Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- 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 ba9da95..c78f9ab 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 -- 1.7.4.2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/