Re: [PATCH] Documentation fixes

[randy_dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>]

On Wed, 06 Jul 2005 16:12:11 -0700 Daniel Walker wrote:

| 
| I noticed some typo's or mis-thoughts .. Here are my corrections. I
| tried to CC all the authors.

Yes, mostly good corrections.  Here are more on top of yours.

Thanks,
~Randy


| Index: linux-2.6.12/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog.txt
| ===================================================================
| --- linux-2.6.12.orig/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog.txt	2005-06-17 19:48:29.000000000 +0000
| +++ linux-2.6.12/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog.txt	2005-07-03 18:12:40.000000000 +0000
| @@ -18,12 +18,12 @@ The following watchdog drivers are curre
|  All six interfaces provide /dev/watchdog, which when open must be written
|  to within a timeout or the machine will reboot. Each write delays the reboot
|  time another timeout. In the case of the software watchdog the ability to 
| -reboot will depend on the state of the machines and interrupts. The hardware
| +reboot will depend on the state of the machine and interrupts. The hardware
|  boards physically pull the machine down off their own onboard timers and
|  will reboot from almost anything.
|  
|  A second temperature monitoring interface is available on the WDT501P cards
| -and some Berkshire cards. This provides /dev/temperature. This is the machine 
| +and some Berkshire cards. This provides /dev/temperature. This is the machines 
                                                                         machine's
  (and kill the trailing space)

|  internal temperature in degrees Fahrenheit. Each read returns a single byte 
|  giving the temperature.
|  
| @@ -37,16 +37,16 @@ The wdt card cannot be safely probed for
|  wdt=ioaddr,irq as a boot parameter - eg "wdt=0x240,11".
|  
|  The SA1100 watchdog module can be configured with the "sa1100_margin"
| -commandline argument which specifies timeout value in seconds.
| +commandline argument which specifies the timeout value in seconds.
|  
|  The i810 TCO watchdog modules can be configured with the "i810_margin"
| -commandline argument which specifies the counter initial value. The counter
| -is decremented every 0.6 seconds and default to 50 (30 seconds). Values can
| +commandline argument which specifies the counters initial value. The counter
                                            counter's
| +is decremented every 0.6 seconds and defaults to 50 (30 seconds). Values can
|  range between 3 and 63.
|  
|  The i810 TCO watchdog driver also implements the WDIOC_GETSTATUS and
|  WDIOC_GETBOOTSTATUS ioctl()s. WDIOC_GETSTATUS returns the actual counter value
| -and WDIOC_GETBOOTSTATUS returns the value of TCO2 Status Register (see Intel's
| +and WDIOC_GETBOOTSTATUS returns the value of the TCO2 Status Register (see Intel's

Please wrap lines at < 80 characters per line.

|  documentation for the 82801AA and 82801AB datasheet). 
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