From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from astoria.ccjclearline.com ([64.235.106.9]) by casper.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.76 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1RuRN7-0006PP-VC for barebox@lists.infradead.org; Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:24:58 +0000 Received: from cpec03f0ed08c7f-cm001ac318e826.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com ([99.241.91.63] helo=crashcourse.ca) by astoria.ccjclearline.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RuRN1-0007rt-DG for barebox@lists.infradead.org; Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:24:47 -0500 Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 11:24:40 -0500 (EST) From: "Robert P. J. Day" Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: barebox-bounces@lists.infradead.org Errors-To: barebox-bounces+u.kleine-koenig=pengutronix.de@lists.infradead.org Subject: [PATCH] DOC: Some grammar and spelling fixes for barebox-main.dox. To: "U-Boot Version 2 (barebox)" Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day --- diff --git a/Documentation/barebox-main.dox b/Documentation/barebox-main.dox index 90fce8e..17575bf 100644 --- a/Documentation/barebox-main.dox +++ b/Documentation/barebox-main.dox @@ -1,13 +1,13 @@ /** @mainpage Barebox -Barebox is a bootloader that initializes a hardware and boots Linux and +Barebox is a bootloader that initializes hardware and boots Linux and maybe other operating systems or bare metal code on a variety of -processors. It was initialy derived from U-Boot and captures up with -several of it's ideas, so users being familiar with U-Boot should come -into production quickly with Barebox. +processors. It was initially derived from U-Boot and retains several of +U-Boot's ideas, so users familiar with U-Boot should come into +production quickly with Barebox. However, as the Barebox developers are highly addicted to the Linux -kernel, it's coding style and code quality, we try to stick as closely +kernel, its coding style and code quality, we try to stick as closely as possible to the methodologies and techniques developed in Linux. In addition we have a strong background in POSIX, so you'll find several good old Unix traditions realized in Barebox as well. @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ good old Unix traditions realized in Barebox as well. - Environment Filesystem:
In contrast to U-Boot, Barebox doesn't misuse the environment for scripting. If you start the bootloader, it gives you a shell and - something that looks like a filesystem. In fact it isn't: it is a very + something that looks like a filesystem. In fact it isn't; it is a very simple ar archive being extracted from flash into a ramdisk with 'loadenv' and stored back with 'saveenv'. @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ good old Unix traditions realized in Barebox as well. if they have the same name. - Clocksource:
- We use the clocksource API knwon from Linux. + We use the standard clocksource API from Linux. - Kconfig/Kbuild:
This gives us parallel builds and removes the need for lots of ifdefs. @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ good old Unix traditions realized in Barebox as well. to simulate devices. - Device Parameters:
- There is a parameter model in @a Barebox: each device can specify it's + There is a parameter model in @a Barebox: each device can specify its own parameters, which do exist for every instance. Parameters can be changed on the command line with \.\="...". For example, if you want to access the IPv4 address for eth0, this is done -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday ======================================================================== _______________________________________________ barebox mailing list barebox@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/barebox