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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>2006-10-03 16:35:11 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>2006-10-03 16:35:11 -0700
commit708e16892e1646594a29eaa7ac7b209b600b9fd2 (patch)
treefe7c31bc0edef84eb1075c7e195340047d6aaa17 /Documentation/input
parentf3c87a8999c28f2948ebd407574f7e9fb5c577b2 (diff)
parenta847825970e741e20a09c659978baa34016b63bc (diff)
Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bunk/trivial
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bunk/trivial: (39 commits) Add missing maintainer countries in CREDITS Fix bytes <-> kilobytes typo in Kconfig for ramdisk fix a typo in Documentation/pi-futex.txt BUG_ON conversion for fs/xfs/ BUG_ON() conversion in fs/nfsd/ BUG_ON conversion for fs/reiserfs BUG_ON cleanups in arch/i386 BUG_ON cleanup in drivers/net/tokenring/ BUG_ON cleanup for drivers/md/ kerneldoc-typo in led-class.c debugfs: spelling fix rcutorture: Fix incorrect description of default for nreaders parameter parport: Remove space in function calls Michal Wronski: update contact info Spelling fix: "control" instead of "cotrol" reboot parameter in Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt Fix copy&waste bug in comment in scripts/kernel-doc remove duplicate "until" from kernel/workqueue.c ite_gpio fix tabbage fix file specification in comments ... Fixed trivial path conflicts due to removed files: arch/mips/dec/boot/decstation.c, drivers/char/ite_gpio.c
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/input')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/input/amijoy.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/input/atarikbd.txt10
-rw-r--r--Documentation/input/cs461x.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/input/ff.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/input/gameport-programming.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/input/input.txt31
-rw-r--r--Documentation/input/joystick-parport.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/input/joystick.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/input/yealink.txt4
9 files changed, 23 insertions, 44 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/input/amijoy.txt b/Documentation/input/amijoy.txt
index 3b8b2d43a68..4f0e89df5c5 100644
--- a/Documentation/input/amijoy.txt
+++ b/Documentation/input/amijoy.txt
@@ -79,10 +79,10 @@ JOY0DAT Y7 Y6 Y5 Y4 Y3 Y2 Y1 Y0 X7 X6 X5 X4 X3 X2 X1 X0
JOY1DAT Y7 Y6 Y5 Y4 Y3 Y2 Y1 Y0 X7 X6 X5 X4 X3 X2 X1 X0
0=LEFT CONTROLLER PAIR, 1=RIGHT CONTROLLER PAIR.
- (4 counters total).The bit usage for both left and right
+ (4 counters total). The bit usage for both left and right
addresses is shown below. Each 6 bit counter (Y7-Y2,X7-X2) is
clocked by 2 of the signals input from the mouse serial
- stream. Starting with first bit recived:
+ stream. Starting with first bit received:
+-------------------+-----------------------------------------+
| Serial | Bit Name | Description |
diff --git a/Documentation/input/atarikbd.txt b/Documentation/input/atarikbd.txt
index 8fb896c7411..1e7e5853ba4 100644
--- a/Documentation/input/atarikbd.txt
+++ b/Documentation/input/atarikbd.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ provides a convenient connection point for a mouse and switch-type joysticks.
The ikbd processor also maintains a time-of-day clock with one second
resolution.
The ikbd has been designed to be general enough that it can be used with a
-ariety of new computer products. Product variations in a number of
+variety of new computer products. Product variations in a number of
keyswitches, mouse resolution, etc. can be accommodated.
The ikbd communicates with the main processor over a high speed bi-directional
serial interface. It can function in a variety of modes to facilitate
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ is obtained by ORing 0x80 with the make code.
The special codes 0xF6 through 0xFF are reserved for use as follows:
0xF6 status report
0xF7 absolute mouse position record
- 0xF8-0xFB relative mouse position records(lsbs determind by
+ 0xF8-0xFB relative mouse position records (lsbs determined by
mouse button states)
0xFC time-of-day
0xFD joystick report (both sticks)
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ selected.
4.2 Absolute Position reporting
The ikbd can also maintain absolute mouse position. Commands exist for
-reseting the mouse position, setting X/Y scaling, and interrogating the
+resetting the mouse position, setting X/Y scaling, and interrogating the
current mouse position.
4.3 Mouse Cursor Key Mode
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ INTERROGATION MODE.
9.18 SET JOYSTICK MONITORING
0x17
- rate ; time between samples in hundreths of a second
+ rate ; time between samples in hundredths of a second
Returns: (in packets of two as long as in mode)
%000000xy ; where y is JOYSTICK1 Fire button
; and x is JOYSTICK0 Fire button
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ controller memory. The time between data bytes must be less than 20ms.
0x20 ; memory access
{ data } ; 6 data bytes starting at ADR
-This comand permits the host to read from the ikbd controller memory.
+This command permits the host to read from the ikbd controller memory.
9.26 CONTROLLER EXECUTE
diff --git a/Documentation/input/cs461x.txt b/Documentation/input/cs461x.txt
index 6181747a14d..afe0d6543e0 100644
--- a/Documentation/input/cs461x.txt
+++ b/Documentation/input/cs461x.txt
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ This driver have the basic support for PCI devices only; there is no
ISA or PnP ISA cards supported. AFAIK the ns558 have support for Crystal
ISA and PnP ISA series.
-The driver works witn ALSA drivers simultaneously. For exmple, the xracer
+The driver works with ALSA drivers simultaneously. For example, the xracer
uses joystick as input device and PCM device as sound output in one time.
There are no sound or input collisions detected. The source code have
comments about them; but I've found the joystick can be initialized
diff --git a/Documentation/input/ff.txt b/Documentation/input/ff.txt
index c53b1c11aa4..085eb15b45b 100644
--- a/Documentation/input/ff.txt
+++ b/Documentation/input/ff.txt
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ joystick.txt for details.
There is an utility called fftest that will allow you to test the driver.
% fftest /dev/input/eventXX
-3. Instructions to the developper
+3. Instructions to the developer
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
All interactions are done using the event API. That is, you can use ioctl()
and write() on /dev/input/eventXX.
diff --git a/Documentation/input/gameport-programming.txt b/Documentation/input/gameport-programming.txt
index 1ba3d322e0a..14e0a8b7022 100644
--- a/Documentation/input/gameport-programming.txt
+++ b/Documentation/input/gameport-programming.txt
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ Make sure struct gameport is initialized to 0 in all other fields. The
gameport generic code will take care of the rest.
If your hardware supports more than one io address, and your driver can
-choose which one program the hardware to, starting from the more exotic
-addresses is preferred, because the likelyhood of clashing with the standard
+choose which one to program the hardware to, starting from the more exotic
+addresses is preferred, because the likelihood of clashing with the standard
0x201 address is smaller.
Eg. if your driver supports addresses 0x200, 0x208, 0x210 and 0x218, then
diff --git a/Documentation/input/input.txt b/Documentation/input/input.txt
index 47137e75fdb..ff8cea0225f 100644
--- a/Documentation/input/input.txt
+++ b/Documentation/input/input.txt
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ will be available as a character device on major 13, minor 63:
crw-r--r-- 1 root root 13, 63 Mar 28 22:45 mice
- This device has to be created, unless you use devfs, in which case it's
-created automatically. The commands to do create it by hand are:
+ This device has to be created.
+ The commands to create it by hand are:
cd /dev
mkdir input
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ about it.
3.2 Event handlers
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Event handlers distrubite the events from the devices to userland and
+ Event handlers distribute the events from the devices to userland and
kernel, as needed.
3.2.1 keybdev
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ generated in the kernel straight to the program, with timestamps. The
API is still evolving, but should be useable now. It's described in
section 5.
- This should be the way for GPM and X to get keyboard and mouse mouse
+ This should be the way for GPM and X to get keyboard and mouse
events. It allows for multihead in X without any specific multihead
kernel support. The event codes are the same on all architectures and
are hardware independent.
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ struct input_event {
};
'time' is the timestamp, it returns the time at which the event happened.
-Type is for example EV_REL for relative momement, REL_KEY for a keypress or
+Type is for example EV_REL for relative moment, REL_KEY for a keypress or
release. More types are defined in include/linux/input.h.
'code' is event code, for example REL_X or KEY_BACKSPACE, again a complete
@@ -289,24 +289,3 @@ list is in include/linux/input.h.
EV_REL, absolute new value for EV_ABS (joysticks ...), or 0 for EV_KEY for
release, 1 for keypress and 2 for autorepeat.
-6. Contacts
-~~~~~~~~~~~
- This effort has its home page at:
-
- http://www.suse.cz/development/input/
-
-You'll find both the latest HID driver and the complete Input driver
-there as well as information how to access the CVS repository for
-latest revisions of the drivers.
-
- There is also a mailing list for this:
-
- majordomo@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz
-
-Send "subscribe linux-input" to subscribe to it.
-
-The input changes are also being worked on as part of the LinuxConsole
-project, see:
-
- http://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxconsole/
-
diff --git a/Documentation/input/joystick-parport.txt b/Documentation/input/joystick-parport.txt
index d537c48cc6d..ede5f33daad 100644
--- a/Documentation/input/joystick-parport.txt
+++ b/Documentation/input/joystick-parport.txt
@@ -456,8 +456,8 @@ uses the following kernel/module command line:
8 | Sony PSX DDR controller
9 | SNES mouse
- The exact type of the PSX controller type is autoprobed when used so
-hot swapping should work (but is not recomended).
+ The exact type of the PSX controller type is autoprobed when used, so
+hot swapping should work (but is not recommended).
Should you want to use more than one of parallel ports at once, you can use
gamecon.map2 and gamecon.map3 as additional command line parameters for two
@@ -465,8 +465,8 @@ more parallel ports.
There are two options specific to PSX driver portion. gamecon.psx_delay sets
the command delay when talking to the controllers. The default of 25 should
-work but you can try lowering it for better performace. If your pads don't
-respond try raising it untill they work. Setting the type to 8 allows the
+work but you can try lowering it for better performance. If your pads don't
+respond try raising it until they work. Setting the type to 8 allows the
driver to be used with Dance Dance Revolution or similar games. Arrow keys are
registered as key presses instead of X and Y axes.
diff --git a/Documentation/input/joystick.txt b/Documentation/input/joystick.txt
index 841c353297e..389de9bd987 100644
--- a/Documentation/input/joystick.txt
+++ b/Documentation/input/joystick.txt
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ and install it before going on.
2.2 Device nodes
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-For applications to be able to use the joysticks, in you don't use devfs,
+For applications to be able to use the joysticks,
you'll have to manually create these nodes in /dev:
cd /dev
diff --git a/Documentation/input/yealink.txt b/Documentation/input/yealink.txt
index 0962c5c948b..0a8c97e87d4 100644
--- a/Documentation/input/yealink.txt
+++ b/Documentation/input/yealink.txt
@@ -87,13 +87,13 @@ Line 3 Format : 888888888888
Format description:
- From a user space perspective the world is seperated in "digits" and "icons".
+ From a userspace perspective the world is separated into "digits" and "icons".
A digit can have a character set, an icon can only be ON or OFF.
Format specifier
'8' : Generic 7 segment digit with individual addressable segments
- Reduced capabillity 7 segm digit, when segments are hard wired together.
+ Reduced capability 7 segm digit, when segments are hard wired together.
'1' : 2 segments digit only able to produce a 1.
'e' : Most significant day of the month digit,
able to produce at least 1 2 3.