linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Documentation: vgaarbiter: fix typos v2

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Message-Id: <20110514091452.4172ecc1.rdunlap@xenotime.net>
Date:	Sat, 14 May 2011 09:14:52 -0700
From:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>
To:	Nicolas Kaiser <nikai@...ai.net>
Cc:	Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>,
	Tiago Vignatti <tiago.vignatti@...ia.com>,
	linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: vgaarbiter: fix typos v2

On Sat, 14 May 2011 12:51:52 +0200 Nicolas Kaiser wrote:

> Fixed typos.
> 
> v2: Incorporated changes by Randy Dunlap.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nicolas Kaiser <nikai@...ai.net>
> ---
> * Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>:
> > On Mon, 6 Dec 2010 09:25:44 -0800 Jesse Barnes wrote:
> 
> > > Randy, I assume you'll pick this up once you receive a version you're
> > > ok with?
> > 
> > I wasn't sure who would, but I can do that.
> 
> Sorry for the delay. I completely forgot about this patch.

Applied, thanks.


>  Documentation/vgaarbiter.txt |   20 +++++++++-----------
>  1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/vgaarbiter.txt b/Documentation/vgaarbiter.txt
> index 43a9b06..4710230 100644
> --- a/Documentation/vgaarbiter.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/vgaarbiter.txt
> @@ -14,11 +14,10 @@ the legacy VGA arbitration task (besides other bus management tasks) when more
>  than one legacy device co-exists on the same machine. But the problem happens
>  when these devices are trying to be accessed by different userspace clients
>  (e.g. two server in parallel). Their address assignments conflict. Moreover,
> -ideally, being an userspace application, it is not the role of the the X
> -server to control bus resources. Therefore an arbitration scheme outside of
> -the X server is needed to control the sharing of these resources. This
> -document introduces the operation of the VGA arbiter implemented for Linux
> -kernel.
> +ideally, being a userspace application, it is not the role of the X server to
> +control bus resources. Therefore an arbitration scheme outside of the X server
> +is needed to control the sharing of these resources. This document introduces
> +the operation of the VGA arbiter implemented for the Linux kernel.
>  
>  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>  
> @@ -39,7 +38,7 @@ I.1 vgaarb
>  The vgaarb is a module of the Linux Kernel. When it is initially loaded, it
>  scans all PCI devices and adds the VGA ones inside the arbitration. The
>  arbiter then enables/disables the decoding on different devices of the VGA
> -legacy instructions. Device which do not want/need to use the arbiter may
> +legacy instructions. Devices which do not want/need to use the arbiter may
>  explicitly tell it by calling vga_set_legacy_decoding().
>  
>  The kernel exports a char device interface (/dev/vga_arbiter) to the clients,
> @@ -95,8 +94,8 @@ In the case of devices hot-{un,}plugged, there is a hook - pci_notify() - to
>  notify them being added/removed in the system and automatically added/removed
>  in the arbiter.
>  
> -There's also a in-kernel API of the arbiter in the case of DRM, vgacon and
> -others which may use the arbiter.
> +There is also an in-kernel API of the arbiter in case DRM, vgacon, or other
> +drivers want to use it.
>  
>  
>  I.2 libpciaccess
> @@ -117,9 +116,8 @@ Besides it, in pci_system were added:
>      struct pci_device *vga_default_dev;
>  
>  
> -The vga_count is usually need to keep informed how many cards are being
> -arbitrated, so for instance if there's only one then it can totally escape the
> -scheme.
> +The vga_count is used to track how many cards are being arbitrated, so for
> +instance, if there is only one card, then it can completely escape arbitration.
>  
>  
>  These functions below acquire VGA resources for the given card and mark those
> -- 


---
~Randy
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