* [TYPO 6/9] [typo] Doc/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt: several spellings
@ 2014-08-17 18:30 Markus Osterhoff
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From: Markus Osterhoff @ 2014-08-17 18:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Randy Dunlap; +Cc: linux-kernel, linux-doc
- this file only uses single blanks between sentences
- semicolon instead of comma
- third person singular-s
- i.e. with two dots
- "a feature that are -> is"
Signed-off-by: Markus Osterhoff <linux-kernel@k-raum.org>
---
Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt | 12 ++++++------
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt
index 350f733..8267f47 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ config MODVERSIONS
kernel. ...
Every line starts with a key word and can be followed by multiple
-arguments. "config" starts a new config entry. The following lines
+arguments. "config" starts a new config entry. The following lines
define attributes for this config option. Attributes can be the type of
the config option, input prompt, dependencies, help text and default
values. A config option can be defined multiple times with the same
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ applicable everywhere (see syntax).
the illegal configurations all over.
- limiting menu display: "visible if" <expr>
- This attribute is only applicable to menu blocks, if the condition is
+ This attribute is only applicable to menu blocks; if the condition is
false, the menu block is not displayed to the user (the symbols
contained there can still be selected by other symbols, though). It is
similar to a conditional "prompt" attribute for individual menu
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ applicable everywhere (see syntax).
- "defconfig_list"
This declares a list of default entries which can be used when
looking for the default configuration (which is used when the main
- .config doesn't exists yet.)
+ .config doesn't exist yet.)
- "modules"
This declares the symbol to be used as the MODULES symbol, which
@@ -288,14 +288,14 @@ This defines a choice group and accepts any of the above attributes as
options. A choice can only be of type bool or tristate, while a boolean
choice only allows a single config entry to be selected, a tristate
choice also allows any number of config entries to be set to 'm'. This
-can be used if multiple drivers for a single hardware exists and only a
+can be used if multiple drivers for a single hardware exist and only a
single driver can be compiled/loaded into the kernel, but all drivers
can be compiled as modules.
A choice accepts another option "optional", which allows to set the
choice to 'n' and no entry needs to be selected.
If no [symbol] is associated with a choice, then you can not have multiple
definitions of that choice. If a [symbol] is associated to the choice,
-then you may define the same choice (ie. with the same entries) in another
+then you may define the same choice (i.e. with the same entries) in another
place.
comment:
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ files.
Adding common features and make the usage configurable
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-It is a common idiom to implement a feature/functionality that are
+It is a common idiom to implement a feature/functionality that is
relevant for some architectures but not all.
The recommended way to do so is to use a config variable named HAVE_*
that is defined in a common Kconfig file and selected by the relevant
--
1.8.5.5
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