svn commit: r40942 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/arch-handbook/driverbasics
Eitan Adler
eadler at FreeBSD.org
Mon Feb 11 13:46:27 UTC 2013
Author: eadler
Date: Mon Feb 11 13:46:26 2013
New Revision: 40942
URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/40942
Log:
Fix igor nit picks
Approved by: bcr (mentor)
Modified:
head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/arch-handbook/driverbasics/chapter.xml
Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/arch-handbook/driverbasics/chapter.xml
==============================================================================
--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/arch-handbook/driverbasics/chapter.xml Mon Feb 11 13:46:24 2013 (r40941)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/arch-handbook/driverbasics/chapter.xml Mon Feb 11 13:46:26 2013 (r40942)
@@ -72,8 +72,7 @@
<indexterm><primary>kernel modules</primary><secondary>unloading</secondary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>kernel modules</primary><secondary>listing</secondary></indexterm>
- <para>The kld interface is used through the following
- privileged commands:</para>
+ <para>The kld interface is used through:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><simpara><command>kldload</command> - loads a new kernel
@@ -135,17 +134,17 @@ DECLARE_MODULE(skeleton, skel_mod, SI_SU
<sect2>
<title>Makefile</title>
- <para>FreeBSD provides a makefile include that you can use to
- quickly compile your kernel addition.</para>
+ <para>FreeBSD provides a makefile include to
+ quickly compile a kernel addition.</para>
<programlisting>SRCS=skeleton.c
KMOD=skeleton
.include <bsd.kmod.mk></programlisting>
- <para>Simply running <command>make</command> with this makefile
+ <para>Running <command>make</command> with this makefile
will create a file <filename>skeleton.ko</filename> that can
- be loaded into your system by typing:
+ be loaded into the kernel by typing:
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>kldload -v ./skeleton.ko</userinput></screen>
</para>
</sect2>
@@ -201,8 +200,8 @@ KMOD=skeleton
the source tree.</para>
<para>This simple example pseudo-device remembers whatever values
- you write to it and can then supply them back to you when you
- read from it.</para>
+ that are written to it and can then echo them back when
+ read.</para>
<example>
<title>Example of a Sample Echo Pseudo-Device Driver for
@@ -382,8 +381,7 @@ echo_write(struct cdev *dev __unused, st
DEV_MODULE(echo,echo_loader,NULL);</programlisting>
</example>
- <para>With this driver loaded you should now be able to type
- something like:</para>
+ <para>With this driver loaded try:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>echo -n "Test Data" > /dev/echo</userinput>
&prompt.root; <userinput>cat /dev/echo</userinput>
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