[PATCH 05/11] doc: correct grammar in Intel platform guide

Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-16T21:17:26Z

Change "take" to "taken" in passive construction.
Change "you wants" to "you want".
Rephrase awkward "If it wants" construction.
Change "drivers needs" to "drivers need" for subject-verb agreement.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
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doc/guides/linux_gsg/nic_perf_intel_platform.rst | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/nic_perf_intel_platform.rst b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/nic_perf_intel_platform.rst
index 4a5815dfb9..601d7bdc7a 100644
--- a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/nic_perf_intel_platform.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/nic_perf_intel_platform.rst
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ You can use ``lspci`` to check the speed of a PCI slot using something like the

When inserting NICs into PCI slots always check the caption, such as CPU0 or CPU1 to indicate which socket it is connected to.

-Care should be take with NUMA.
+Care should be taken with NUMA.
If you are using 2 or more ports from different NICs, it is best to ensure that these NICs are on the same CPU socket.
An example of how to determine this is shown further below.

@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ so the following is mainly for reference:

#. Consider using Turbo Boost to increase the frequency on cores.

-#. Disable all virtualization options when you test the physical function of the NIC, and turn on VT-d if you wants to use VFIO.
+#. Disable all virtualization options when you test the physical function of the NIC, and turn on VT-d if you want to use VFIO.

Linux boot command line
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ The following are some recommendations on GRUB boot settings:

isolcpus=2,3,4,5,6,7,8

-#. If it wants to use VFIO, use the following additional grub parameters::
+#. To use VFIO, use the following additional grub parameters::

iommu=pt intel_iommu=on

@@ -181,5 +181,5 @@ Configurations before running DPDK
**Note**: To get the best performance, ensure that the core and NICs are in the same socket.
In the example above ``85:00.0`` is on socket 1 and should be used by cores on socket 1 for the best performance.

-#. Check which kernel drivers needs to be loaded and whether there is a need to unbind the network ports from their kernel drivers.
+#. Check which kernel drivers need to be loaded and whether there is a need to unbind the network ports from their kernel drivers.
More details about DPDK setup and Linux kernel requirements see :ref:`linux_gsg_compiling_dpdk` and :ref:`linux_gsg_linux_drivers`.
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