On Sat, 26 Jun 2010 15:00:21 +0200 Nicolas Kaiser wrote: > Fixed some typos and wording. > > Signed-off-by: Nicolas Kaiser <nikai@xxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx> Thanks. > --- > Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt | 8 ++++---- > Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt | 20 ++++++++++---------- > 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt > index 634c625..0d8addb 100644 > --- a/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt > +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt > @@ -40,15 +40,15 @@ Set the directory to look for the kernel source when building external > modules. > The directory can be specified in several ways: > 1) Use "M=..." on the command line > -2) Environmnet variable KBUILD_EXTMOD > -3) Environmnet variable SUBDIRS > +2) Environment variable KBUILD_EXTMOD > +3) Environment variable SUBDIRS > The possibilities are listed in the order they take precedence. > Using "M=..." will always override the others. > > KBUILD_OUTPUT > -------------------------------------------------- > Specify the output directory when building the kernel. > -The output directory can also be specificed using "O=...". > +The output directory can also be specified using "O=...". > Setting "O=..." takes precedence over KBUILD_OUTPUT. > > ARCH > @@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ The script will be called with the following arguments: > $3 - kernel map file > $4 - default install path (use root directory if blank) > > -The implmentation of "make install" is architecture specific > +The implementation of "make install" is architecture specific > and it may differ from the above. > > INSTALLKERNEL is provided to enable the possibility to > diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt > index 71c602d..c0c9b1c 100644 > --- a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt > +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt > @@ -284,12 +284,12 @@ more details, with real examples. > --- 3.7 Compilation flags > > ccflags-y, asflags-y and ldflags-y > - The three flags listed above applies only to the kbuild makefile > - where they are assigned. They are used for all the normal > - cc, as and ld invocation happenign during a recursive build. > + These three flags apply only to the kbuild makefile in which they > + are assigned. They are used for all the normal cc, as and ld > + invocations happening during a recursive build. > Note: Flags with the same behaviour were previously named: > EXTRA_CFLAGS, EXTRA_AFLAGS and EXTRA_LDFLAGS. > - They are yet supported but their use are deprecated. > + They are still supported but their usage is deprecated. > > ccflags-y specifies options for compiling C files with $(CC). > > @@ -318,9 +318,9 @@ more details, with real examples. > ldflags-y := -x > > subdir-ccflags-y, subdir-asflags-y > - The two flags listed above are similar to ccflags-y and as-falgs-y. > - The difference is that the subdir- variants has effect for the kbuild > - file where tey are present and all subdirectories. > + The two flags listed above are similar to ccflags-y and as-flags-y. > + The difference is that the subdir- variants have effect for the kbuild > + file where they are present and all subdirectories. > Options specified using subdir-* are added to the commandline before > the options specified using the non-subdir variants. > > @@ -1176,14 +1176,14 @@ When kbuild executes, the following steps are followed (roughly): > === 7 Kbuild syntax for exported headers > > The kernel include a set of headers that is exported to userspace. > -Many headers can be exported as-is but other headers requires a > +Many headers can be exported as-is but other headers require a > minimal pre-processing before they are ready for user-space. > The pre-processing does: > - drop kernel specific annotations > - drop include of compiler.h > -- drop all sections that is kernel internat (guarded by ifdef __KERNEL__) > +- drop all sections that are kernel internal (guarded by ifdef __KERNEL__) > > -Each relevant directory contain a file name "Kbuild" which specify the > +Each relevant directory contains a file name "Kbuild" which specifies the > headers to be exported. > See subsequent chapter for the syntax of the Kbuild file. > > -- --- ~Randy *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kbuild" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html