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authorCao jin <caoj.fnst@cn.fujitsu.com>2017-03-21 21:24:18 +0800
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>2017-03-29 15:51:32 -0600
commit97e4e959c928963359d79dcea623614db8aabf54 (patch)
tree30412e091450d3007c7470408abe04f5a812b254 /Documentation/PCI
parent3bdadc86dca07c792c01b966575f00cfc25da4a3 (diff)
pci-error-recovery: doc cleanup
Include whitespace shooting; correction; typo fix; superfluous word dropping. Signed-off-by: Cao jin <caoj.fnst@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/PCI')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/PCI/pci-error-recovery.txt12
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/PCI/pci-error-recovery.txt b/Documentation/PCI/pci-error-recovery.txt
index da3b2176d5da..0b6bb3ef449e 100644
--- a/Documentation/PCI/pci-error-recovery.txt
+++ b/Documentation/PCI/pci-error-recovery.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
Many PCI bus controllers are able to detect a variety of hardware
PCI errors on the bus, such as parity errors on the data and address
-busses, as well as SERR and PERR errors. Some of the more advanced
+buses, as well as SERR and PERR errors. Some of the more advanced
chipsets are able to deal with these errors; these include PCI-E chipsets,
and the PCI-host bridges found on IBM Power4, Power5 and Power6-based
pSeries boxes. A typical action taken is to disconnect the affected device,
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ is STEP 6 (Permanent Failure).
>>> a value of 0xff on read, and writes will be dropped. If more than
>>> EEH_MAX_FAILS I/O's are attempted to a frozen adapter, EEH
>>> assumes that the device driver has gone into an infinite loop
->>> and prints an error to syslog. A reboot is then required to
+>>> and prints an error to syslog. A reboot is then required to
>>> get the device working again.
STEP 2: MMIO Enabled
@@ -231,14 +231,14 @@ proceeds to STEP 4 (Slot Reset)
STEP 3: Link Reset
------------------
The platform resets the link. This is a PCI-Express specific step
-and is done whenever a non-fatal error has been detected that can be
+and is done whenever a fatal error has been detected that can be
"solved" by resetting the link.
STEP 4: Slot Reset
------------------
In response to a return value of PCI_ERS_RESULT_NEED_RESET, the
-the platform will perform a slot reset on the requesting PCI device(s).
+the platform will perform a slot reset on the requesting PCI device(s).
The actual steps taken by a platform to perform a slot reset
will be platform-dependent. Upon completion of slot reset, the
platform will call the device slot_reset() callback.
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ configuration registers to initialize to their default conditions.
For most PCI devices, a soft reset will be sufficient for recovery.
Optional fundamental reset is provided to support a limited number
-of PCI Express PCI devices for which a soft reset is not sufficient
+of PCI Express devices for which a soft reset is not sufficient
for recovery.
If the platform supports PCI hotplug, then the reset might be
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ driver performs device init only from PCI function 0:
Same as above.
Drivers for PCI Express cards that require a fundamental reset must
-set the needs_freset bit in the pci_dev structure in their probe function.
+set the needs_freset bit in the pci_dev structure in their probe function.
For example, the QLogic qla2xxx driver sets the needs_freset bit for certain
PCI card types: