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Message-ID: <1294849392.3946.6.camel@bwh-desktop>
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 16:23:12 +0000
From: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
To: netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc: linux-net-drivers@...arflare.com
Subject: [PATCH ethtool 6/7] ethtool.8: Reword synopses for consistency and
style
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
diff --git a/ethtool.8.in b/ethtool.8.in
index b7ba73e..203d33d 100644
--- a/ethtool.8.in
+++ b/ethtool.8.in
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
.TH ETHTOOL 8 "January 2011" "Ethtool version @VERSION@"
.SH NAME
-ethtool \- Display or change network driver and hardware settings
+ethtool \- query or control network driver and hardware settings
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B ethtool
.I ethX
@@ -322,8 +322,8 @@ ethtool \- Display or change network driver and hardware settings
.SH DESCRIPTION
.BI ethtool
-is used for querying and changing settings of a network device driver
-and hardware, particularly for wired Ethernet devices.
+is used to query and control network device driver and hardware
+settings, particularly for wired Ethernet devices.
.I ethX
is the name of the network device on which ethtool should operate.
--
1.7.3.4
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Ben Hutchings, Senior Software Engineer, Solarflare Communications
Not speaking for my employer; that's the marketing department's job.
They asked us to note that Solarflare product names are trademarked.
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