2008-01-30

linux-2.6 typo commit

I came across this while poking around changesets:


commit 3f6dee9b2a22cc66050682287a77d5fccadb9733

Fix some typos in Documentation/: 'A'

This patch fixes typos in various Documentation txts.
This patch addresses some words starting with the letter 'A'.



Trimmed changeset inside.



-parameter. The default adrress range will not be used when a smb_addr
+parameter. The default address range will not be used when a smb_addr
- A useful ammount of documentation can be found in the hardware
+ A useful amount of documentation can be found in the hardware
- The archicture has been designed to support as many machines as can
+ The architecture has been designed to support as many machines as can
-It does not cover the support needed from aplications to enable the BIOS to
+It does not cover the support needed from applications to enable the BIOS to
- implements bus probing (detecting EISA cards avaible on the bus),
+ implements bus probing (detecting EISA cards available on the bus),
- - try to implement accel on voodoo2 , this board can actualy do a
+ - try to implement accel on voodoo2, this board can actually do a
-the subsystem to provide feedback as to whether the attibutes are
+the subsystem to provide feedback as to whether the attributes are
- highmem can be used for, but it is also availble for the
+ highmem can be used for, but it is also available for the
-is exited. This is acomplished with the help of the lower-privilege
+is exited. This is accomplished with the help of the lower-privilege
-ariety of new computer products. Product variations in a number of
+variety of new computer products. Product variations in a number of
- Forces specified clocksource (if avaliable) to be used
+ Forces specified clocksource (if available) to be used
- clocksource is not avalible, it defaults to PIT.
+ clocksource is not available, it defaults to PIT.
- The assumed authorititive key is inherited across fork and exec.
+ The assumed authoritative key is inherited across fork and exec.
-with approriate commit interval options. When this option is set to 0, this
+with appropriate commit interval options. When this option is set to 0, this
-6) Future Domain MCS-600/700, OEM'd IBM Fast SCSI Aapter/A and
+6) Future Domain MCS-600/700, OEM'd IBM Fast SCSI Adapter/A and
- The size should be atleast PAGE_SIZE (4k) and should be a power
+ The size should be at least PAGE_SIZE (4k) and should be a power
-cachelets for normal memory accesss. The semantics of the Alpha removes the
+cachelets for normal memory accesses. The semantics of the Alpha removes the
- keyboard activitiy.
+ keyboard activity.
- You may also provide a timer latency value while disabling adpative-rx:
+ You may also provide a timer latency value while disabling adaptive-rx:
-You can install this driver without any addtional parameter. However, if you
+You can install this driver without any additional parameter. However, if you
- Your IP Adress
+ Your IP Address
- - Gap, chosen so that packet data (Start+tp_net) alignes to
+ - Gap, chosen so that packet data (Start+tp_net) aligns to
-pktgen creates a thread on each CPU where each thread has affinty it's CPU.
+pktgen creates a thread on each CPU where each thread has affinity to its CPU.
-Most important the devices assigend to thread. Note! A device can only belong
+Most important the devices assigned to thread. Note! A device can only belong
-( there is a gap on z/Architecure too currently between 0xc00 & 1000 which linux uses ).
+( there is a gap on z/Architecture too currently between 0xc00 & 1000 which linux uses ).
-9) type it in again or alernatively cut & paste it on the console adding the -g option.
+9) type it in again or alternatively cut & paste it on the console adding the -g option.
-accumalate the status in a struct irb and then call the device interrupt handler.
+accumulate the status in a struct irb and then call the device interrupt handler.
-bus/iucv/drivers/netiucv. Piping to this attibute creates a new netiucv
+bus/iucv/drivers/netiucv. Piping to this attribute creates a new netiucv
-distribution. The following URL provides informations on latest avalaible
+distribution. The following URL provides information on latest available
-Driver achive for old drivers:
+Driver archive for old drivers:
-as the ncr53c8xx is perfectly supporting these adpaters since some time.
+as the ncr53c8xx is perfectly supporting these adapters since some time.

2008-01-22

tinyurl

Whats the limit on those things? Can I UUEncode data as a rediculously long url, and use tinyurl or a similar service to shorten it?