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kbuild: fix kbuild.txt typos

Fix typos in the new kbuild.txt file.

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
Randy Dunlap 16 年之前
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共有 1 個文件被更改,包括 15 次插入14 次删除
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      Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt

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Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Environment variables
 KCPPFLAGS
 KCPPFLAGS
 --------------------------------------------------
 --------------------------------------------------
 Additional options to pass when preprocessing. The preprocessing options
 Additional options to pass when preprocessing. The preprocessing options
-will be used in all cases where kbuild do preprocessing including
+will be used in all cases where kbuild does preprocessing including
 building C files and assembler files.
 building C files and assembler files.
 
 
 KAFLAGS
 KAFLAGS
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Additional options to the C compiler.
 
 
 KBUILD_VERBOSE
 KBUILD_VERBOSE
 --------------------------------------------------
 --------------------------------------------------
-Set the kbuild verbosity. Can be assinged same values as "V=...".
+Set the kbuild verbosity. Can be assigned same values as "V=...".
 See make help for the full list.
 See make help for the full list.
 Setting "V=..." takes precedence over KBUILD_VERBOSE.
 Setting "V=..." takes precedence over KBUILD_VERBOSE.
 
 
@@ -35,14 +35,14 @@ KBUILD_OUTPUT
 --------------------------------------------------
 --------------------------------------------------
 Specify the output directory when building the kernel.
 Specify the output directory when building the kernel.
 The output directory can also be specificed using "O=...".
 The output directory can also be specificed using "O=...".
-Setting "O=..." takes precedence over KBUILD_OUTPUT
+Setting "O=..." takes precedence over KBUILD_OUTPUT.
 
 
 ARCH
 ARCH
 --------------------------------------------------
 --------------------------------------------------
 Set ARCH to the architecture to be built.
 Set ARCH to the architecture to be built.
 In most cases the name of the architecture is the same as the
 In most cases the name of the architecture is the same as the
 directory name found in the arch/ directory.
 directory name found in the arch/ directory.
-But some architectures suach as x86 and sparc has aliases.
+But some architectures such as x86 and sparc have aliases.
 x86: i386 for 32 bit, x86_64 for 64 bit
 x86: i386 for 32 bit, x86_64 for 64 bit
 sparc: sparc for 32 bit, sparc64 for 64 bit
 sparc: sparc for 32 bit, sparc64 for 64 bit
 
 
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ CF is often used on the command-line like this:
 INSTALL_PATH
 INSTALL_PATH
 --------------------------------------------------
 --------------------------------------------------
 INSTALL_PATH specifies where to place the updated kernel and system map
 INSTALL_PATH specifies where to place the updated kernel and system map
-images. Default is /boot, but you can set it to other values
+images. Default is /boot, but you can set it to other values.
 
 
 
 
 MODLIB
 MODLIB
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ INSTALL_MOD_STRIP will used as the options to the strip command.
 
 
 INSTALL_FW_PATH
 INSTALL_FW_PATH
 --------------------------------------------------
 --------------------------------------------------
-INSTALL_FW_PATH specify where to install the firmware blobs.
+INSTALL_FW_PATH specifies where to install the firmware blobs.
 The default value is:
 The default value is:
 
 
     $(INSTALL_MOD_PATH)/lib/firmware
     $(INSTALL_MOD_PATH)/lib/firmware
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ The value can be overridden in which case the default value is ignored.
 
 
 INSTALL_HDR_PATH
 INSTALL_HDR_PATH
 --------------------------------------------------
 --------------------------------------------------
-INSTALL_HDR_PATH specify where to install user space headers when
+INSTALL_HDR_PATH specifies where to install user space headers when
 executing "make headers_*".
 executing "make headers_*".
 The default value is:
 The default value is:
 
 
@@ -112,22 +112,23 @@ The value can be overridden in which case the default value is ignored.
 
 
 KBUILD_MODPOST_WARN
 KBUILD_MODPOST_WARN
 --------------------------------------------------
 --------------------------------------------------
-KBUILD_MODPOST_WARN can be set to avoid error out in case of undefined
-symbols in the final module linking stage.
+KBUILD_MODPOST_WARN can be set to avoid errors in case of undefined
+symbols in the final module linking stage. It changes such errors
+into warnings.
 
 
-KBUILD_MODPOST_FINAL
+KBUILD_MODPOST_NOFINAL
 --------------------------------------------------
 --------------------------------------------------
 KBUILD_MODPOST_NOFINAL can be set to skip the final link of modules.
 KBUILD_MODPOST_NOFINAL can be set to skip the final link of modules.
-This is solely usefull to speed up test compiles.
+This is solely useful to speed up test compiles.
 
 
 KBUILD_EXTRA_SYMBOLS
 KBUILD_EXTRA_SYMBOLS
 --------------------------------------------------
 --------------------------------------------------
-For modules use symbols from another modules.
+For modules that use symbols from other modules.
 See more details in modules.txt.
 See more details in modules.txt.
 
 
 ALLSOURCE_ARCHS
 ALLSOURCE_ARCHS
 --------------------------------------------------
 --------------------------------------------------
-For tags/TAGS/cscope targets, you can specify more than one archs
-to be included in the databases, separated by blankspace. e.g.
+For tags/TAGS/cscope targets, you can specify more than one arch
+to be included in the databases, separated by blank space. E.g.:
 
 
     $ make ALLSOURCE_ARCHS="x86 mips arm" tags
     $ make ALLSOURCE_ARCHS="x86 mips arm" tags