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Commit 670e9f34 authored by Paolo Ornati's avatar Paolo Ornati Committed by Adrian Bunk
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Documentation: remove duplicated words


Remove many duplicated words under Documentation/ and do other small
cleanups.

Examples:
        "and and" --> "and"
        "in in" --> "in"
        "the the" --> "the"
        "the the" --> "to the"
        ...

Signed-off-by: default avatarPaolo Ornati <ornati@fastwebnet.it>
Signed-off-by: default avatarAdrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
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......@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ If die() is called, and it happens to be a thread with pid 0 or 1, or die()
is called inside interrupt context or die() is called and panic_on_oops is set,
the system will boot into the dump-capture kernel.
On powererpc systems when a soft-reset is generated, die() is called by all cpus and the system system will boot into the dump-capture kernel.
On powererpc systems when a soft-reset is generated, die() is called by all cpus and the system will boot into the dump-capture kernel.
For testing purposes, you can trigger a crash by using "ALT-SysRq-c",
"echo c > /proc/sysrq-trigger or write a module to force the panic.
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......@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ The keyctl syscall functions are:
Note that this setting is inherited across fork/exec.
[1] The default default is: the thread keyring if there is one, otherwise
[1] The default is: the thread keyring if there is one, otherwise
the process keyring if there is one, otherwise the session keyring if
there is one, otherwise the user default session keyring.
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......@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ switch to another mode once Linux has started.
The first 3 parameters of this sub-option should be obvious: <xres>,
<yres> and <depth> give the dimensions of the screen and the number of
planes (depth). The depth is is the logarithm to base 2 of the number
planes (depth). The depth is the logarithm to base 2 of the number
of colors possible. (Or, the other way round: The number of colors is
2^depth).
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......@@ -670,7 +670,7 @@ effectively random order, despite the write barrier issued by CPU 1:
In the above example, CPU 2 perceives that B is 7, despite the load of *C
(which would be B) coming after the the LOAD of C.
(which would be B) coming after the LOAD of C.
If, however, a data dependency barrier were to be placed between the load of C
and the load of *C (ie: B) on CPU 2:
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......@@ -1023,7 +1023,7 @@ Changing a Bond's Configuration
files located in /sys/class/net/<bond name>/bonding
The names of these files correspond directly with the command-
line parameters described elsewhere in in this file, and, with the
line parameters described elsewhere in this file, and, with the
exception of arp_ip_target, they accept the same values. To see the
current setting, simply cat the appropriate file.
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......@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ ethernet@crystal.cirrus.com) and request that you be registered for automatic
software-update notification.
Cirrus Logic maintains a web page at http://www.cirrus.com with the
the latest drivers and technical publications.
latest drivers and technical publications.
6.4 Current maintainer
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......@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ ethernet address of your ethernet card has to be set according to the DECnet
address of the node in order for it to be autoconfigured (and then appear in
/proc/net/decnet_dev). There is a utility available at the above
FTP sites called dn2ethaddr which can compute the correct ethernet
address to use. The address can be set by ifconfig either before at
address to use. The address can be set by ifconfig either before or
at the time the device is brought up. If you are using RedHat you can
add the line:
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......@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ Additional Configurations
As an example, if you install the e1000 driver for two PRO/1000 adapters
(eth0 and eth1) and set the speed and duplex to 10full and 100half, add
the following to modules.conf or or modprobe.conf:
the following to modules.conf or modprobe.conf:
alias eth0 e1000
alias eth1 e1000
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......@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ However, you may want to set PCI latency timer to 248.
#setpci -d 17d5:* LATENCY_TIMER=f8
For detailed description of the PCI registers, please see Xframe User Guide.
b. Use 2-buffer mode. This results in large performance boost on
on certain platforms(eg. SGI Altix, IBM xSeries).
certain platforms(eg. SGI Altix, IBM xSeries).
c. Ensure Receive Checksum offload is enabled. Use "ethtool -K ethX" command to
set/verify this option.
d. Enable NAPI feature(in kernel configuration Device Drivers ---> Network
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......@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ Solution: In /proc/pci search for the following entry:
www.syskonnect.com
Some COMPAQ machines have problems dealing with PCI under Linux.
Linux. This problem is described in the 'PCI howto' document
This problem is described in the 'PCI howto' document
(included in some distributions or available from the
web, e.g. at 'www.linux.org').
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......@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ is STEP 6 (Permanent Failure).
>>> a value of 0xff on read, and writes will be dropped. If the device
>>> driver attempts more than 10K I/O's to a frozen adapter, it will
>>> assume that the device driver has gone into an infinite loop, and
>>> it will panic the the kernel. There doesn't seem to be any other
>>> it will panic the kernel. There doesn't seem to be any other
>>> way of stopping a device driver that insists on spinning on I/O.
STEP 2: MMIO Enabled
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......@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ instead set the PF_NOFREEZE process flag when creating the thread (and
be very carefull).
Q: What is the difference between between "platform", "shutdown" and
Q: What is the difference between "platform", "shutdown" and
"firmware" in /sys/power/disk?
A:
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......@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ path which is not desirable. Hence, we do not optimize the height of the
heap-and-size indexed overflow-sub-trees using prio_tree->index_bits.
Instead the overflow sub-trees are indexed using full BITS_PER_LONG bits
of size_index. This may lead to skewed sub-trees because most of the
higher significant bits of the size_index are likely to be be 0 (zero). In
higher significant bits of the size_index are likely to be 0 (zero). In
the example above, all 3 overflow-sub-trees are skewed. This may marginally
affect the performance. However, processes rarely map many vmas with the
same start_vm_pgoff but different end_vm_pgoffs. Therefore, we normally
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......@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ Creating a Cache
structure
void cache_put(struct kref *)
This is called when the last reference to an item is
is dropped. The pointer passed is to the 'ref' field
dropped. The pointer passed is to the 'ref' field
in the cache_head. cache_put should release any
references create by 'cache_init' and, if CACHE_VALID
is set, any references created by cache_update.
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......@@ -1085,8 +1085,7 @@ Notes
-----
Addresses & values in the VM debugger are always hex never decimal
Address ranges are of the format <HexValue1>-<HexValue2> or <HexValue1>.<HexValue2>
e.g. The address range 0x2000 to 0x3000 can be described described as
2000-3000 or 2000.1000
e.g. The address range 0x2000 to 0x3000 can be described as 2000-3000 or 2000.1000
The VM Debugger is case insensitive.
......@@ -1413,7 +1412,7 @@ SMP Specific commands
To find out how many cpus you have
Q CPUS displays all the CPU's available to your virtual machine
To find the cpu that the current cpu VM debugger commands are being directed at do
Q CPU to change the current cpu cpu VM debugger commands are being directed at do
Q CPU to change the current cpu VM debugger commands are being directed at do
CPU <desired cpu no>
On a SMP guest issue a command to all CPUs try prefixing the command with cpu all.
......@@ -2184,7 +2183,7 @@ ps -aux | grep gdb
kill -SIGSEGV <gdb's pid>
or alternatively use killall -SIGSEGV gdb if you have the killall command.
Now look at the core dump.
./gdb ./gdb core
./gdb core
Displays the following
GNU gdb 4.18
Copyright 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
......@@ -2477,7 +2476,7 @@ Lcrash is a perfectly normal program,however, it requires 2
additional files, Kerntypes which is built using a patch to the
linux kernel sources in the linux root directory & the System.map.
Kerntypes is an an objectfile whose sole purpose in life
Kerntypes is an objectfile whose sole purpose in life
is to provide stabs debug info to lcrash, to do this
Kerntypes is built from kerntypes.c which just includes the most commonly
referenced header files used when debugging, lcrash can then read the
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......@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ Predefined views for hex/ascii, sprintf and raw binary data are provided.
It is also possible to define other views. The content of
a view can be inspected simply by reading the corresponding debugfs file.
All debug logs have an an actual debug level (range from 0 to 6).
All debug logs have an actual debug level (range from 0 to 6).
The default level is 3. Event and Exception functions have a 'level'
parameter. Only debug entries with a level that is lower or equal
than the actual level are written to the log. This means, when
......@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ The input_proc can be used to implement functionality when it is written to
the view (e.g. like with 'echo "0" > /sys/kernel/debug/s390dbf/dasd/level).
For header_proc there can be used the default function
debug_dflt_header_fn() which is defined in in debug.h.
debug_dflt_header_fn() which is defined in debug.h.
and which produces the same header output as the predefined views.
E.g:
00 00964419409:440761 2 - 00 88023ec
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......@@ -1214,7 +1214,7 @@ Thu Jul 21 10:37:39 1994 Eric Youngdale (eric@esp22)
* sr.c(sr_open): Do not allow opens with write access.
Mon Jul 18 09:51:22 1994 1994 Eric Youngdale (eric@esp22)
Mon Jul 18 09:51:22 1994 Eric Youngdale (eric@esp22)
* Linux 1.1.31 released.
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......@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ BOOT TIME CONFIGURATION
If the driver is compiled into the kernel, the same parameters can be
also set using, e.g., the LILO command line. The preferred syntax is
is to use the same keyword used when loading as module but prepended
to use the same keyword used when loading as module but prepended
with 'st.'. For instance, to set the maximum number of scatter/gather
segments, the parameter 'st.max_sg_segs=xx' should be used (xx is the
number of scatter/gather segments).
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......@@ -5486,7 +5486,7 @@ struct _snd_pcm_runtime {
<chapter id="power-management">
<title>Power Management</title>
<para>
If the chip is supposed to work with with suspend/resume
If the chip is supposed to work with suspend/resume
functions, you need to add the power-management codes to the
driver. The additional codes for the power-management should be
<function>ifdef</function>'ed with
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......@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ SB32.
install awe_wave /sbin/modprobe --first-time -i awe_wave && /usr/local/bin/sfxload PATH_TO_SOUND_BANK_FILE
You will of course have to change "PATH_TO_SOUND_BANK_FILE" to the full
path of of the sound bank file. That will enable the Sound Blaster and AWE
path of the sound bank file. That will enable the Sound Blaster and AWE
wave synthesis. To play midi files you should get one of these programs if
you don't already have them:
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