Fix typos in /Documentation : Misc

[linux-2.6-block.git] / Documentation / devices.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/devices.txt b/Documentation/devices.txt
index addc67b1d770e26fd0dee02613866a40735f01b1..70690f1a14af53cd128ab0a553421044e28cd319 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/devices.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devices.txt
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
                  7 = /dev/full         Returns ENOSPC on write
                  8 = /dev/random       Nondeterministic random number gen.
                  9 = /dev/urandom      Faster, less secure random number gen.
-                10 = /dev/aio          Asyncronous I/O notification interface
+                10 = /dev/aio          Asynchronous I/O notification interface
                 11 = /dev/kmsg         Writes to this come out as printk's
   1 block      RAM disk
                  0 = /dev/ram0         First RAM disk
@@ -1093,7 +1093,7 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
 
  55 char       DSP56001 digital signal processor
                  0 = /dev/dsp56k       First DSP56001
- 55 block      Mylex DAC960 PCI RAID controller; eigth controller
+ 55 block      Mylex DAC960 PCI RAID controller; eighth controller
                  0 = /dev/rd/c7d0      First disk, whole disk
                  8 = /dev/rd/c7d1      Second disk, whole disk
                    ...
@@ -1456,7 +1456,7 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
                  1 = /dev/cum1         Callout device for ttyM1
                    ...
 
- 79 block      Compaq Intelligent Drive Array, eigth controller
+ 79 block      Compaq Intelligent Drive Array, eighth controller
                  0 = /dev/ida/c7d0     First logical drive whole disk
                 16 = /dev/ida/c7d1     Second logical drive whole disk
                    ...
@@ -1900,7 +1900,7 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
                  1 = /dev/av1          Second A/V card
                    ...
 
-111 block      Compaq Next Generation Drive Array, eigth controller
+111 block      Compaq Next Generation Drive Array, eighth controller
                  0 = /dev/cciss/c7d0   First logical drive, whole disk
                 16 = /dev/cciss/c7d1   Second logical drive, whole disk
                    ...
@@ -2005,7 +2005,7 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
 116 char       Advanced Linux Sound Driver (ALSA)
 
 116 block       MicroMemory battery backed RAM adapter (NVRAM)
-                Supports 16 boards, 15 paritions each.
+                Supports 16 boards, 15 partitions each.
                 Requested by neilb at cse.unsw.edu.au.
 
                 0 = /dev/umem/d0      Whole of first board
@@ -3094,7 +3094,7 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
                This major is reserved to assist the expansion to a
                larger number space.  No device nodes with this major
                should ever be created on the filesystem.
-               (This is probaly not true anymore, but I'll leave it
+               (This is probably not true anymore, but I'll leave it
                for now /Torben)
 
 ---LARGE MAJORS!!!!!---
@@ -3205,7 +3205,7 @@ for a session; this includes virtual consoles, serial ports, and
 pseudoterminals (PTYs).
 
 All terminal devices share a common set of capabilities known as line
-diciplines; these include the common terminal line dicipline as well
+disciplines; these include the common terminal line discipline as well
 as SLIP and PPP modes.
 
 All terminal devices are named similarly; this section explains the
@@ -3285,7 +3285,7 @@ port TTY, for which no alternate device would exist.
        Pseudoterminals (PTYs)
 
 Pseudoterminals, or PTYs, are used to create login sessions or provide
-other capabilities requiring a TTY line dicipline (including SLIP or
+other capabilities requiring a TTY line discipline (including SLIP or
 PPP capability) to arbitrary data-generation processes.         Each PTY has
 a master side, named /dev/pty[p-za-e][0-9a-f], and a slave side, named
 /dev/tty[p-za-e][0-9a-f].  The kernel arbitrates the use of PTYs by