Re: [PATCH] Typos in Documation/kbuild/modules.txt 2.6.15-rc2

[Kristian Edlund]

Linus Torvalds wrote:

> Seriously whitespace-damaged (lost spaces not just at the end of lines, 
> but at their beginning too - and wordwrap etc)
>
> 		Linus
>  
I am truely sorry about my patch being broken by my mail program,
I have tried to fix it now and is trying to resubmit the patch.

From: Kristian Edlund <edlund@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

I found a few typos, in Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt
I also changes the $PWD to `pwd` for consistency throughout the document.

Signed-off-by: Kristian Edlund <edlund@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

---

--- modules.txt.orig
+++ modules.txt
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@
What is covered within this file is mainly information to authors
of modules. The author of an external modules should supply
a makefile that hides most of the complexity so one only has to type
-'make' to buld the module. A complete example will be present in
-chapter ¤. Creating a kbuild file for an external module".
+'make' to build the module. A complete example will be present in
+chapter 4. Creating a kbuild file for an external module".


=== 2. How to build external modules
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@
    For the running kernel use:
        make -C /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build M=`pwd`

-    For the above command to succeed the kernel must have been built with
-    modules enabled.
+    For the above command to succeed the kernel must have been
+    built with modules enabled.

    To install the modules that were just built:

@@ -84,14 +84,15 @@
        Same functionality as if no target was specified.
        See description above.

-    make -C $KDIR M=$PWD modules_install
+    make -C $KDIR M=`pwd` modules_install
        Install the external module(s).
        Installation default is in /lib/modules/<kernel-version>/extra,
-        but may be prefixed with INSTALL_MOD_PATH - see separate chater.
+        but may be prefixed with INSTALL_MOD_PATH - see
+        separate chapter.

-    make -C $KDIR M=$PWD clean
+    make -C $KDIR M=`pwd` clean
        Remove all generated files for the module - the kernel
-        source directory is not moddified.
+        source directory is not modified.

    make -C $KDIR M=`pwd` help
        help will list the available target when building external
@@ -99,8 +100,6 @@

--- 2.3 Available options:

-    $KDIR refer to path to kernel src
-
    make -C $KDIR
        Used to specify where to find the kernel source.
        '$KDIR' represent the directory where the kernel source is.
@@ -341,7 +340,7 @@
        EXTRA_CFLAGS := -Iinclude
        8123-y := 8123_if.o 8123_pci.o 8123_bin.o

-    Note that in the assingment there is no space between -I and the path.
+    Note that in the assignment there is no space between -I and the path.
    This is a kbuild limitation and no space must be present.



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