Re: [PATCH] Aesthetic fixes to DTSpec 0.1, Acknowledgements and Chapter 1

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+devicetree-spec (which is where this should go)

On 08/31/2017 02:50 PM, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> 
> Some aesthetic tweaks to DTSpec 0.1, including
> 
>  * grammar fixes
>  * font fixes
> 
> Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> ---
> 
>   i'll do a chunk at a time, to avoid having a sizable submission
> getting hung up on a single issue.
> 
> commit 10d4ba9bb1ad5baab5d9bff4e2dac643166f9356
> Author: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date:   Thu Aug 31 17:46:29 2017 -0400
> 
>     Ack and chapter 1.
> 
> diff --git a/source/acknowledgements.rst b/source/acknowledgements.rst
> index 3e49046..a02e0aa 100644
> --- a/source/acknowledgements.rst
> +++ b/source/acknowledgements.rst
> @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
> 
>  The devicetree.org Technical Steering Committee would like to
>  thank the many individuals and companies that contributed to the
> -development this specification through writing, technical discussions
> +development of this specification through writing, technical discussions
>  and reviews.
> 
>  We want to thank the power.org Platform Architecture Technical Subcommittee who
> diff --git a/source/introduction.rst b/source/introduction.rst
> index 30ba3d9..d7dc2fc 100644
> --- a/source/introduction.rst
> +++ b/source/introduction.rst
> @@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ hardware before passing control to software such as an operating system,
>  bootloader, or hypervisor. Bootloaders and hypervisors can, in turn,
>  load and transfer control to operating systems. Standard, consistent
>  interfaces and conventions facilitate the interactions between these
> -software components.  In this document the term boot program is used to
> +software components.  In this document the term *boot program* is used to
>  generically refer to a software component that initializes the system
>  state and executes another software component referred to as a *client
> -program*. Examples of a boot programs include: firmware, bootloaders, and
> +program*. Examples of a boot program include: firmware, bootloaders, and
>  hypervisors. Examples of a client program include: bootloaders,
>  hypervisors, operating systems, and special purpose programs. A piece of
>  software may be both a client program and a boot program  (e.g. a hypervisor).
> @@ -101,14 +101,14 @@ IEEE 1275 specification that are omitted from the |spec| include:
>  * FCode debugging
>  * Operating system debugging
> 
> -What is retained from IEEE-1275 are concepts from the devicetree
> +What is retained from IEEE 1275 are concepts from the devicetree
>  architecture by which a boot program can describe and communicate system
>  hardware information to client program, thus eliminating the need for
>  the client program to have hard-coded descriptions of system hardware.
> 
>  This specification partially supersedes the |epapr| [EPAPR] specification.
> -|epapr| documents how devicetree is used by the PowerISA, and covers both
> -general concepts, as well as PowerISA specific bindings.
> +|epapr| documents how devicetree is used by the Power ISA, and covers both
> +general concepts, as well as Power ISA specific bindings.
>  The text of this document was derived from |epapr|, but either removes architecture specific bindings, or moves them into an appendix.
> 
>  32-bit and 64-bit Support
> @@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ Definition of Terms
>     boot program
>         Used to generically refer to a software component that initializes
>         the system state and executes another software component referred to
> -       as a client program. Examples of a boot programs include: firmware,
> +       as a client program. Examples of a boot program include: firmware,
>         bootloaders, and hypervisors.
> 
>     client program
> 
> rday
> 


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