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authorMatt LaPlante <kernel1@cyberdogtech.com>2008-07-25 19:45:33 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2008-07-26 12:00:06 -0700
commitd91958815d214ea365b98cbff6215383897edcb6 (patch)
treea50416a04c9ae84c4242dbec62d8f211d97ea4d2 /Documentation/powerpc
parent19fd6231279be3c3bdd02ed99f9b0eb195978064 (diff)
Documentation cleanup: trivial misspelling, punctuation, and grammar corrections.
Cc: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/powerpc')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/powerpc/qe_firmware.txt2
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt
index 99514ced82c5..928a79ceb7aa 100644
--- a/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt
+++ b/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt
@@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ device or bus to be described by the device tree.
In general, the format of an address for a device is defined by the
parent bus type, based on the #address-cells and #size-cells
properties. Note that the parent's parent definitions of #address-cells
-and #size-cells are not inhereted so every node with children must specify
+and #size-cells are not inherited so every node with children must specify
them. The kernel requires the root node to have those properties defining
addresses format for devices directly mapped on the processor bus.
@@ -1777,7 +1777,7 @@ platforms are moved over to use the flattened-device-tree model.
Xilinx uartlite devices are simple fixed speed serial ports.
- Requred properties:
+ Required properties:
- current-speed : Baud rate of uartlite
v) Xilinx hwicap
@@ -1799,7 +1799,7 @@ platforms are moved over to use the flattened-device-tree model.
Xilinx UART 16550 devices are very similar to the NS16550 but with
different register spacing and an offset from the base address.
- Requred properties:
+ Required properties:
- clock-frequency : Frequency of the clock input
- reg-offset : A value of 3 is required
- reg-shift : A value of 2 is required
@@ -1953,7 +1953,7 @@ prefixed with the string "marvell,", for Marvell Technology Group Ltd.
1) The /system-controller node
This node is used to represent the system-controller and must be
- present when the system uses a system contller chip. The top-level
+ present when the system uses a system controller chip. The top-level
system-controller node contains information that is global to all
devices within the system controller chip. The node name begins
with "system-controller" followed by the unit address, which is
diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/qe_firmware.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/qe_firmware.txt
index 896266432d33..06da4d4b44f9 100644
--- a/Documentation/powerpc/qe_firmware.txt
+++ b/Documentation/powerpc/qe_firmware.txt
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ Although it is not recommended, you can specify '0' in the soc.model
field to skip matching SOCs altogether.
The 'model' field is a 16-bit number that matches the actual SOC. The
-'major' and 'minor' fields are the major and minor revision numbrs,
+'major' and 'minor' fields are the major and minor revision numbers,
respectively, of the SOC.
For example, to match the 8323, revision 1.0: