* [PATCH] Fix trivial help text typos in Kconfig* files
@ 2007-02-21 8:16 David Sterba
2007-02-21 16:34 ` Randy Dunlap
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: David Sterba @ 2007-02-21 8:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel; +Cc: trivial
(patch against 2.6.21-rc1)
Fix several typos in help text in Kconfig* files.
Signed-off-by: David Sterba <dave@jikos.cz>
---
arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/Kconfig | 2 +-
arch/h8300/Kconfig.debug | 4 ++--
arch/i386/Kconfig.cpu | 4 ++--
arch/ia64/Kconfig | 2 +-
arch/m68knommu/Kconfig.debug | 2 +-
arch/mips/Kconfig | 6 +++---
arch/powerpc/Kconfig.debug | 2 +-
arch/s390/crypto/Kconfig | 2 +-
crypto/Kconfig | 2 +-
drivers/ata/Kconfig | 2 +-
drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig | 2 +-
drivers/crypto/Kconfig | 2 +-
drivers/macintosh/Kconfig | 2 +-
drivers/rtc/Kconfig | 2 +-
drivers/usb/serial/Kconfig | 2 +-
init/Kconfig | 2 +-
kernel/Kconfig.preempt | 4 ++--
net/ipv4/Kconfig | 4 ++--
net/ipv6/netfilter/Kconfig | 2 +-
net/netfilter/Kconfig | 2 +-
security/selinux/Kconfig | 2 +-
21 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/Kconfig b/arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/Kconfig
index f64624f..1d859c1 100644
--- a/arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/Kconfig
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ config ETRAX_CARDBUS
select HOTPLUG
select PCCARD_NONSTATIC
help
- Enabled the ETRAX Carbus driver.
+ Enabled the ETRAX Cardbus driver.
config PCI
bool
diff --git a/arch/h8300/Kconfig.debug b/arch/h8300/Kconfig.debug
index e0e9bcb..554efe6 100644
--- a/arch/h8300/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/h8300/Kconfig.debug
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@ config GDB_MAGICPRINT
bool "Message Output for GDB MagicPrint service"
depends on (H8300H_SIM || H8S_SIM)
help
- kernel messages output useing MagicPrint service from GDB
+ kernel messages output using MagicPrint service from GDB
config SYSCALL_PRINT
bool "SystemCall trace print"
help
- outout history of systemcall
+ output history of systemcall
config GDB_DEBUG
bool "Use gdb stub"
diff --git a/arch/i386/Kconfig.cpu b/arch/i386/Kconfig.cpu
index b99c0e2..3e32fe5 100644
--- a/arch/i386/Kconfig.cpu
+++ b/arch/i386/Kconfig.cpu
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ config MCORE2
bool "Core 2/newer Xeon"
help
Select this for Intel Core 2 and newer Core 2 Xeons (Xeon 51xx and 53xx)
- CPUs. You can distingush newer from older Xeons by the CPU family
+ CPUs. You can distinguish newer from older Xeons by the CPU family
in /proc/cpuinfo. Newer ones have 6.
config MPENTIUM4
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ config MWINCHIP3D
help
Select this for an IDT Winchip-2A or 3. Linux and GCC
treat this chip as a 586TSC with some extended instructions
- and alignment reqirements. Also enable out of order memory
+ and alignment requirements. Also enable out of order memory
stores for this CPU, which can increase performance of some
operations.
diff --git a/arch/ia64/Kconfig b/arch/ia64/Kconfig
index d51f0f1..7e24e7d 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/ia64/Kconfig
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ config KEXEC
help
kexec is a system call that implements the ability to shutdown your
current kernel, and to start another kernel. It is like a reboot
- but it is indepedent of the system firmware. And like a reboot
+ but it is independent of the system firmware. And like a reboot
you can start any kernel with it, not just Linux.
The name comes from the similiarity to the exec system call.
diff --git a/arch/m68knommu/Kconfig.debug b/arch/m68knommu/Kconfig.debug
index 763c9aa..9ff47bd 100644
--- a/arch/m68knommu/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/m68knommu/Kconfig.debug
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ source "lib/Kconfig.debug"
config FULLDEBUG
bool "Full Symbolic/Source Debugging support"
help
- Enable debuging symbols on kernel build.
+ Enable debugging symbols on kernel build.
config HIGHPROFILE
bool "Use fast second timer for profiling"
diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig
index c6f74f1..5320767 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
@@ -934,7 +934,7 @@ choice
byte order. These modes require different kernels and a different
Linux distribution. In general there is one preferred byteorder for a
particular system but some systems are just as commonly used in the
- one or the other endianess.
+ one or the other endianness.
config CPU_BIG_ENDIAN
bool "Big endian"
@@ -1712,7 +1712,7 @@ config ARCH_DISCONTIGMEM_ENABLE
bool
default y if SGI_IP27
help
- Say Y to upport efficient handling of discontiguous physical memory,
+ Say Y to support efficient handling of discontiguous physical memory,
for architectures which are either NUMA (Non-Uniform Memory Access)
or have huge holes in the physical address space for other reasons.
See <file:Documentation/vm/numa> for more.
@@ -1897,7 +1897,7 @@ config KEXEC
help
kexec is a system call that implements the ability to shutdown your
current kernel, and to start another kernel. It is like a reboot
- but it is indepedent of the system firmware. And like a reboot
+ but it is independent of the system firmware. And like a reboot
you can start any kernel with it, not just Linux.
The name comes from the similiarity to the exec system call.
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig.debug b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig.debug
index d39d133..0317e84 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig.debug
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ config HCALL_STATS
depends on PPC_PSERIES && DEBUG_FS
help
Adds code to keep track of the number of hypervisor calls made and
- the amount of time spent in hypervisor callsr. Wall time spent in
+ the amount of time spent in hypervisor calls. Wall time spent in
each call is always calculated, and if available CPU cycles spent
are also calculated. A directory named hcall_inst is added at the
root of the debugfs filesystem. Within the hcall_inst directory
diff --git a/arch/s390/crypto/Kconfig b/arch/s390/crypto/Kconfig
index 99ff9f0..d1defbb 100644
--- a/arch/s390/crypto/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/s390/crypto/Kconfig
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ config S390_PRNG
default "m"
help
Select this option if you want to use the s390 pseudo random number
- generator. The PRNG is part of the cryptograhic processor functions
+ generator. The PRNG is part of the cryptographic processor functions
and uses triple-DES to generate secure random numbers like the
ANSI X9.17 standard. The PRNG is usable via the char device
/dev/prandom.
diff --git a/crypto/Kconfig b/crypto/Kconfig
index 086fcec..9f954fd 100644
--- a/crypto/Kconfig
+++ b/crypto/Kconfig
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ config CRYPTO_SERPENT
Keys are allowed to be from 0 to 256 bits in length, in steps
of 8 bits. Also includes the 'Tnepres' algorithm, a reversed
- variant of Serpent for compatibility with old kerneli code.
+ variant of Serpent for compatibility with old kernel code.
See also:
<http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/serpent.html>
diff --git a/drivers/ata/Kconfig b/drivers/ata/Kconfig
index 4af0a4b..e655528 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/ata/Kconfig
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ config PATA_OPTIDMA
help
This option enables DMA/PIO support for the later OPTi
controllers found on some old motherboards and in some
- latops
+ laptops.
If unsure, say N.
diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig b/drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig
index fe00c7d..11089be 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ config TCG_NSC
tristate "National Semiconductor TPM Interface"
depends on TCG_TPM && PNPACPI
---help---
- If you have a TPM security chip from National Semicondutor
+ If you have a TPM security chip from National Semiconductor
say Yes and it will be accessible from within Linux. To
compile this driver as a module, choose M here; the module
will be called tpm_nsc.
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/Kconfig b/drivers/crypto/Kconfig
index ff8c4be..6da963b 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/crypto/Kconfig
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ config CRYPTO_DEV_GEODE
default m
help
Say 'Y' here to use the AMD Geode LX processor on-board AES
- engine for the CryptoAPI AES alogrithm.
+ engine for the CryptoAPI AES algorithm.
To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
will be called geode-aes.
diff --git a/drivers/macintosh/Kconfig b/drivers/macintosh/Kconfig
index 1a86387..7ae7e5d 100644
--- a/drivers/macintosh/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/macintosh/Kconfig
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ config PMAC_RACKMETER
tristate "Support for Apple XServe front panel LEDs"
depends on PPC_PMAC
help
- This driver procides some support to control the front panel
+ This driver provides some support to control the front panel
blue LEDs "vu-meter" of the XServer macs.
endmenu
diff --git a/drivers/rtc/Kconfig b/drivers/rtc/Kconfig
index deef296..f209212 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/rtc/Kconfig
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ config RTC_INTF_DEV_UIE_EMUL
bool "RTC UIE emulation on dev interface"
depends on RTC_INTF_DEV
help
- Provides an emulation for RTC_UIE if the underlaying rtc chip
+ Provides an emulation for RTC_UIE if the underlying rtc chip
driver does not expose RTC_UIE ioctls. Those requests generate
once-per-second update interrupts, used for synchronization.
diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/Kconfig b/drivers/usb/serial/Kconfig
index 2f4d303..4098b5e 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/Kconfig
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ config USB_SERIAL_DEBUG
tristate "USB Debugging Device"
depends on USB_SERIAL
help
- Say Y here if you have a USB debugging device used to recieve
+ Say Y here if you have a USB debugging device used to receive
debugging data from another machine. The most common of these
devices is the NetChip TurboCONNECT device.
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index f977086..9c69c0a 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ config SYSFS_DEPRECATED
releases.
If enabled, this option will also move any device structures
- that belong to a class, back into the /sys/class heirachy, in
+ that belong to a class, back into the /sys/class hierarchy, in
order to support older versions of udev.
If you are using a distro that was released in 2006 or later,
diff --git a/kernel/Kconfig.preempt b/kernel/Kconfig.preempt
index 0b46a5d..c64ce9c 100644
--- a/kernel/Kconfig.preempt
+++ b/kernel/Kconfig.preempt
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ config PREEMPT_VOLUNTARY
"explicit preemption points" to the kernel code. These new
preemption points have been selected to reduce the maximum
latency of rescheduling, providing faster application reactions,
- at the cost of slighly lower throughput.
+ at the cost of slightly lower throughput.
This allows reaction to interactive events by allowing a
low priority process to voluntarily preempt itself even if it
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ config PREEMPT
even if it is in kernel mode executing a system call and would
otherwise not be about to reach a natural preemption point.
This allows applications to run more 'smoothly' even when the
- system is under load, at the cost of slighly lower throughput
+ system is under load, at the cost of slightly lower throughput
and a slight runtime overhead to kernel code.
Select this if you are building a kernel for a desktop or
diff --git a/net/ipv4/Kconfig b/net/ipv4/Kconfig
index 91f3a5c..4cf064f 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/Kconfig
+++ b/net/ipv4/Kconfig
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ config IP_ROUTE_MULTIPATH_RR
tristate "MULTIPATH: round robin algorithm"
depends on IP_ROUTE_MULTIPATH_CACHED
help
- Mulitpath routes are chosen according to Round Robin
+ Multipath routes are chosen according to Round Robin
config IP_ROUTE_MULTIPATH_RANDOM
tristate "MULTIPATH: random algorithm"
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ config TCP_MD5SIG
select CRYPTO
select CRYPTO_MD5
---help---
- RFC2385 specifices a method of giving MD5 protection to TCP sessions.
+ RFC2385 specifies a method of giving MD5 protection to TCP sessions.
Its main (only?) use is to protect BGP sessions between core routers
on the Internet.
diff --git a/net/ipv6/netfilter/Kconfig b/net/ipv6/netfilter/Kconfig
index da07e9a..3b4d192 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/netfilter/Kconfig
+++ b/net/ipv6/netfilter/Kconfig
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ config IP6_NF_QUEUE
packets which enables users to receive the filtered packets
with QUEUE target using libipq.
- THis option enables the old IPv6-only "ip6_queue" implementation
+ This option enables the old IPv6-only "ip6_queue" implementation
which has been obsoleted by the new "nfnetlink_queue" code (see
CONFIG_NETFILTER_NETLINK_QUEUE).
diff --git a/net/netfilter/Kconfig b/net/netfilter/Kconfig
index 253fce3..a92f4a8 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/Kconfig
+++ b/net/netfilter/Kconfig
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ config NF_CONNTRACK_PPTP
Please note that not all PPTP modes of operation are supported yet.
Specifically these limitations exist:
- - Blindy assumes that control connections are always established
+ - Blindly assumes that control connections are always established
in PNS->PAC direction. This is a violation of RFC2637.
- Only supports a single call within each session
diff --git a/security/selinux/Kconfig b/security/selinux/Kconfig
index 23b5104..b32a459 100644
--- a/security/selinux/Kconfig
+++ b/security/selinux/Kconfig
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ config SECURITY_SELINUX_POLICYDB_VERSION
Examples:
For the Fedora Core 3 or 4 Linux distributions, enable this option
- and set the value via the next option. For Fedore Core 5 and later,
+ and set the value via the next option. For Fedora Core 5 and later,
do not enable this option.
If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N.
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* Re: [PATCH] Fix trivial help text typos in Kconfig* files
2007-02-21 8:16 [PATCH] Fix trivial help text typos in Kconfig* files David Sterba
@ 2007-02-21 16:34 ` Randy Dunlap
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Randy Dunlap @ 2007-02-21 16:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: David Sterba; +Cc: linux-kernel, trivial
On Wed, 21 Feb 2007 09:16:28 +0100 David Sterba wrote:
> (patch against 2.6.21-rc1)
>
> Fix several typos in help text in Kconfig* files.
>
> Signed-off-by: David Sterba <dave@jikos.cz>
Looks good except for one item below. Thanks.
> diff --git a/crypto/Kconfig b/crypto/Kconfig
> index 086fcec..9f954fd 100644
> --- a/crypto/Kconfig
> +++ b/crypto/Kconfig
> @@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ config CRYPTO_SERPENT
>
> Keys are allowed to be from 0 to 256 bits in length, in steps
> of 8 bits. Also includes the 'Tnepres' algorithm, a reversed
> - variant of Serpent for compatibility with old kerneli code.
> + variant of Serpent for compatibility with old kernel code.
This refers to the former kerneli.org crypto code.
Maybe it should say "old kerneli.org code."
> See also:
> <http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/serpent.html>
---
~Randy
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