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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