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author | Frederik Schwarzer <schwarzerf@gmail.com> | 2008-12-29 22:14:56 +0100 |
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committer | Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz> | 2009-01-06 11:28:07 +0100 |
commit | 0211a9c8508b2183e0e539509aad60414f1c3813 (patch) | |
tree | af5c78818202644f53d522229f25ee7bebb48cb6 | |
parent | 025dfdafe77f20b3890981a394774baab7b9c827 (diff) | |
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trivial: fix an -> a typos in documentation and comments
It is always "an" if there is a vowel _spoken_ (not written).
So it is:
"an hour" (spoken vowel)
but
"a uniform" (spoken 'j')
Signed-off-by: Frederik Schwarzer <schwarzerf@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/dell_rbu.txt | 4 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/tuntap.txt | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | arch/m68k/kernel/traps.c | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | drivers/acpi/executer/exprep.c | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | drivers/acpi/executer/exresolv.c | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | drivers/acpi/executer/exstore.c | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | drivers/acpi/resources/rscreate.c | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | drivers/acpi/utilities/utobject.c | 4 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | drivers/char/epca.c | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig | 4 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | drivers/input/keyboard/atkbd.c | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | drivers/macintosh/Kconfig | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | drivers/misc/phantom.c | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | fs/ncpfs/ioctl.c | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | include/acpi/acmacros.h | 4 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | include/acpi/actypes.h | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | include/linux/ncp_fs.h | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | mm/slub.c | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | sound/oss/aedsp16.c | 2 |
20 files changed, 24 insertions, 24 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/dell_rbu.txt b/Documentation/dell_rbu.txt index 2c0d631de0cf..c11b931f8f98 100644 --- a/Documentation/dell_rbu.txt +++ b/Documentation/dell_rbu.txt @@ -81,8 +81,8 @@ Until this step is completed the driver cannot be unloaded. Also echoing either mono ,packet or init in to image_type will free up the memory allocated by the driver. -If an user by accident executes steps 1 and 3 above without executing step 2; -it will make the /sys/class/firmware/dell_rbu/ entries to disappear. +If a user by accident executes steps 1 and 3 above without executing step 2; +it will make the /sys/class/firmware/dell_rbu/ entries disappear. The entries can be recreated by doing the following echo init > /sys/devices/platform/dell_rbu/image_type NOTE: echoing init in image_type does not change it original value. diff --git a/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt b/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt index 71f0fe1fc1b0..898b4987bb80 100644 --- a/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt +++ b/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt @@ -1475,7 +1475,7 @@ Sysfs interface changelog: 0x020100: Marker for thinkpad-acpi with hot key NVRAM polling support. If you must, use it to know you should not - start an userspace NVRAM poller (allows to detect when + start a userspace NVRAM poller (allows to detect when NVRAM is compiled out by the user because it is unneeded/undesired in the first place). 0x020101: Marker for thinkpad-acpi with hot key NVRAM polling diff --git a/Documentation/networking/tuntap.txt b/Documentation/networking/tuntap.txt index 839cbb71388b..c0aab985bad9 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/tuntap.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/tuntap.txt @@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ As mentioned above, main purpose of TUN/TAP driver is tunneling. It is used by VTun (http://vtun.sourceforge.net). Another interesting application using TUN/TAP is pipsecd -(http://perso.enst.fr/~beyssac/pipsec/), an userspace IPSec +(http://perso.enst.fr/~beyssac/pipsec/), a userspace IPSec implementation that can use complete kernel routing (unlike FreeS/WAN). 3. How does Virtual network device actually work ? diff --git a/arch/m68k/kernel/traps.c b/arch/m68k/kernel/traps.c index 6d813de2baf1..184acc90808d 100644 --- a/arch/m68k/kernel/traps.c +++ b/arch/m68k/kernel/traps.c @@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ static inline void do_040writebacks(struct frame *fp) * called from sigreturn(), must ensure userspace code didn't * manipulate exception frame to circumvent protection, then complete * pending writebacks - * we just clear TM2 to turn it into an userspace access + * we just clear TM2 to turn it into a userspace access */ asmlinkage void berr_040cleanup(struct frame *fp) { diff --git a/drivers/acpi/executer/exprep.c b/drivers/acpi/executer/exprep.c index 5d438c32989d..a7dc87ecee37 100644 --- a/drivers/acpi/executer/exprep.c +++ b/drivers/acpi/executer/exprep.c @@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ acpi_ex_prep_common_field_object(union acpi_operand_object *obj_desc, * * RETURN: Status * - * DESCRIPTION: Construct an union acpi_operand_object of type def_field and + * DESCRIPTION: Construct a union acpi_operand_object of type def_field and * connect it to the parent Node. * ******************************************************************************/ diff --git a/drivers/acpi/executer/exresolv.c b/drivers/acpi/executer/exresolv.c index 89571b92a522..60e8c47128e9 100644 --- a/drivers/acpi/executer/exresolv.c +++ b/drivers/acpi/executer/exresolv.c @@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ acpi_ex_resolve_object_to_value(union acpi_operand_object **stack_ptr, stack_desc = *stack_ptr; - /* This is an union acpi_operand_object */ + /* This is a union acpi_operand_object */ switch (ACPI_GET_OBJECT_TYPE(stack_desc)) { case ACPI_TYPE_LOCAL_REFERENCE: diff --git a/drivers/acpi/executer/exstore.c b/drivers/acpi/executer/exstore.c index 3318df4cbd98..1c118ba78adb 100644 --- a/drivers/acpi/executer/exstore.c +++ b/drivers/acpi/executer/exstore.c @@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ acpi_ex_do_debug_object(union acpi_operand_object *source_desc, * * PARAMETERS: *source_desc - Value to be stored * *dest_desc - Where to store it. Must be an NS node - * or an union acpi_operand_object of type + * or a union acpi_operand_object of type * Reference; * walk_state - Current walk state * diff --git a/drivers/acpi/resources/rscreate.c b/drivers/acpi/resources/rscreate.c index c0bbfa2c4193..08b8d73e6ee5 100644 --- a/drivers/acpi/resources/rscreate.c +++ b/drivers/acpi/resources/rscreate.c @@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ acpi_rs_create_resource_list(union acpi_operand_object *aml_buffer, * * FUNCTION: acpi_rs_create_pci_routing_table * - * PARAMETERS: package_object - Pointer to an union acpi_operand_object + * PARAMETERS: package_object - Pointer to a union acpi_operand_object * package * output_buffer - Pointer to the user's buffer * diff --git a/drivers/acpi/utilities/utobject.c b/drivers/acpi/utilities/utobject.c index c354e7a42bcd..4bef3cfbaccb 100644 --- a/drivers/acpi/utilities/utobject.c +++ b/drivers/acpi/utilities/utobject.c @@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ union acpi_operand_object *acpi_ut_create_string_object(acpi_size string_size) * * RETURN: TRUE if object is valid, FALSE otherwise * - * DESCRIPTION: Validate a pointer to be an union acpi_operand_object + * DESCRIPTION: Validate a pointer to be a union acpi_operand_object * ******************************************************************************/ @@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ void acpi_ut_delete_object_desc(union acpi_operand_object *object) { ACPI_FUNCTION_TRACE_PTR(ut_delete_object_desc, object); - /* Object must be an union acpi_operand_object */ + /* Object must be a union acpi_operand_object */ if (ACPI_GET_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE(object) != ACPI_DESC_TYPE_OPERAND) { ACPI_ERROR((AE_INFO, diff --git a/drivers/char/epca.c b/drivers/char/epca.c index 39ad820b2350..af7c13ca9493 100644 --- a/drivers/char/epca.c +++ b/drivers/char/epca.c @@ -769,7 +769,7 @@ static int pc_open(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *filp) /* Check status of board configured in system. */ /* - * I check to see if the epca_setup routine detected an user error. It + * I check to see if the epca_setup routine detected a user error. It * might be better to put this in pc_init, but for the moment it goes * here. */ diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig b/drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig index 5f076aef74fa..a8c8d9c19d74 100644 --- a/drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig @@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ config CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_USERSPACE select CPU_FREQ_GOV_USERSPACE help Use the CPUFreq governor 'userspace' as default. This allows - you to set the CPU frequency manually or when an userspace + you to set the CPU frequency manually or when a userspace program shall be able to set the CPU dynamically without having to enable the userspace governor manually. @@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ config CPU_FREQ_GOV_USERSPACE tristate "'userspace' governor for userspace frequency scaling" help Enable this cpufreq governor when you either want to set the - CPU frequency manually or when an userspace program shall + CPU frequency manually or when a userspace program shall be able to set the CPU dynamically, like on LART <http://www.lartmaker.nl/>. diff --git a/drivers/input/keyboard/atkbd.c b/drivers/input/keyboard/atkbd.c index 379b7ff354ec..b9e6bef594ac 100644 --- a/drivers/input/keyboard/atkbd.c +++ b/drivers/input/keyboard/atkbd.c @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(extra, "Enable extra LEDs and keys on IBM RapidAcces, EzKey and /* * Scancode to keycode tables. These are just the default setting, and - * are loadable via an userland utility. + * are loadable via a userland utility. */ static const unsigned short atkbd_set2_keycode[512] = { diff --git a/drivers/macintosh/Kconfig b/drivers/macintosh/Kconfig index b52659620d50..173cf55c64d0 100644 --- a/drivers/macintosh/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/macintosh/Kconfig @@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ config PMAC_BACKLIGHT Say Y here to enable Macintosh specific extensions of the generic backlight code. With this enabled, the brightness keys on older PowerBooks will be enabled so you can change the screen brightness. - Newer models should use an userspace daemon like pbbuttonsd. + Newer models should use a userspace daemon like pbbuttonsd. config PMAC_BACKLIGHT_LEGACY bool "Provide legacy ioctl's on /dev/pmu for the backlight" diff --git a/drivers/misc/phantom.c b/drivers/misc/phantom.c index abdebe347383..fa57b67593ae 100644 --- a/drivers/misc/phantom.c +++ b/drivers/misc/phantom.c @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * - * You need an userspace library to cooperate with this driver. It (and other + * You need a userspace library to cooperate with this driver. It (and other * info) may be obtained here: * http://www.fi.muni.cz/~xslaby/phantom.html * or alternatively, you might use OpenHaptics provided by Sensable. diff --git a/fs/ncpfs/ioctl.c b/fs/ncpfs/ioctl.c index 6d04e050c74e..f54360f50a9c 100644 --- a/fs/ncpfs/ioctl.c +++ b/fs/ncpfs/ioctl.c @@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ struct compat_ncp_objectname_ioctl { s32 auth_type; u32 object_name_len; - compat_caddr_t object_name; /* an userspace data, in most cases user name */ + compat_caddr_t object_name; /* a userspace data, in most cases user name */ }; struct compat_ncp_fs_info_v2 { diff --git a/include/acpi/acmacros.h b/include/acpi/acmacros.h index a597207e2835..1954c9d1d012 100644 --- a/include/acpi/acmacros.h +++ b/include/acpi/acmacros.h @@ -333,8 +333,8 @@ struct acpi_integer_overlay { #define ACPI_INSERT_BITS(target, mask, source) target = ((target & (~(mask))) | (source & mask)) /* - * An struct acpi_namespace_node can appear in some contexts - * where a pointer to an union acpi_operand_object can also + * A struct acpi_namespace_node can appear in some contexts + * where a pointer to a union acpi_operand_object can also * appear. This macro is used to distinguish them. * * The "Descriptor" field is the first field in both structures. diff --git a/include/acpi/actypes.h b/include/acpi/actypes.h index 7220361790b3..8222e8de0d1c 100644 --- a/include/acpi/actypes.h +++ b/include/acpi/actypes.h @@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ typedef u32 acpi_object_type; /* * These are special object types that never appear in - * a Namespace node, only in an union acpi_operand_object + * a Namespace node, only in a union acpi_operand_object */ #define ACPI_TYPE_LOCAL_EXTRA 0x1C #define ACPI_TYPE_LOCAL_DATA 0x1D diff --git a/include/linux/ncp_fs.h b/include/linux/ncp_fs.h index 9f2d76347f19..f69e66d151cc 100644 --- a/include/linux/ncp_fs.h +++ b/include/linux/ncp_fs.h @@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ struct ncp_objectname_ioctl #define NCP_AUTH_NDS 0x32 int auth_type; size_t object_name_len; - void __user * object_name; /* an userspace data, in most cases user name */ + void __user * object_name; /* a userspace data, in most cases user name */ }; struct ncp_privatedata_ioctl diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c index f0e2892fe403..6392ae5cc6b1 100644 --- a/mm/slub.c +++ b/mm/slub.c @@ -2254,7 +2254,7 @@ static int calculate_sizes(struct kmem_cache *s, int forced_order) * Add some empty padding so that we can catch * overwrites from earlier objects rather than let * tracking information or the free pointer be - * corrupted if an user writes before the start + * corrupted if a user writes before the start * of the object. */ size += sizeof(void *); diff --git a/sound/oss/aedsp16.c b/sound/oss/aedsp16.c index a0274f3dac08..3ee9900ffd7b 100644 --- a/sound/oss/aedsp16.c +++ b/sound/oss/aedsp16.c @@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ Started Fri Mar 17 16:13:18 MET 1995 - v0.1 (ALPHA, was an user-level program called AudioExcelDSP16.c) + v0.1 (ALPHA, was a user-level program called AudioExcelDSP16.c) - Initial code. v0.2 (ALPHA) - Cleanups. |