X-Git-Url: https://git.kernel.dk/?a=blobdiff_plain;ds=sidebyside;f=Documentation%2Fdevices.txt;h=70690f1a14af53cd128ab0a553421044e28cd319;hb=5d3f083d8f897ce2560bbd4dace483d5aa60d623;hp=addc67b1d770e26fd0dee02613866a40735f01b1;hpb=c730f5b621afa33e9f4939da9078669162ebff4e;p=linux-2.6-block.git diff --git a/Documentation/devices.txt b/Documentation/devices.txt index addc67b1d770..70690f1a14af 100644 --- 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