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index b413ef6a6773..2a18b53e3508 100644
--- a/Documentation/i2c/i2c-topology.rst
+++ b/Documentation/i2c/i2c-topology.rst
@@ -137,14 +137,14 @@ Mux-locked Example
When there is an access to D1, this happens:
- 1. Someone issues an I2C-transfer to D1.
+ 1. Someone issues an I2C transfer to D1.
2. M1 locks muxes on its parent (the root adapter in this case).
3. M1 calls ->select to ready the mux.
- 4. M1 (presumably) does some I2C-transfers as part of its select.
- These transfers are normal I2C-transfers that locks the parent
+ 4. M1 (presumably) does some I2C transfers as part of its select.
+ These transfers are normal I2C transfers that locks the parent
adapter.
- 5. M1 feeds the I2C-transfer from step 1 to its parent adapter as a
- normal I2C-transfer that locks the parent adapter.
+ 5. M1 feeds the I2C transfer from step 1 to its parent adapter as a
+ normal I2C transfer that locks the parent adapter.
6. M1 calls ->deselect, if it has one.
7. Same rules as in step 4, but for ->deselect.
8. M1 unlocks muxes on its parent.
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ PL1. If you build a topology with a parent-locked mux being the child
of another mux, this might break a possible assumption from the
child mux that the root adapter is unused between its select op
and the actual transfer (e.g. if the child mux is auto-closing
- and the parent mux issues I2C-transfers as part of its select).
+ and the parent mux issues I2C transfers as part of its select).
This is especially the case if the parent mux is mux-locked, but
it may also happen if the parent mux is parent-locked.
@@ -197,15 +197,15 @@ Parent-locked Example
When there is an access to D1, this happens:
- 1. Someone issues an I2C-transfer to D1.
+ 1. Someone issues an I2C transfer to D1.
2. M1 locks muxes on its parent (the root adapter in this case).
3. M1 locks its parent adapter.
4. M1 calls ->select to ready the mux.
- 5. If M1 does any I2C-transfers (on this root adapter) as part of
- its select, those transfers must be unlocked I2C-transfers so
+ 5. If M1 does any I2C transfers (on this root adapter) as part of
+ its select, those transfers must be unlocked I2C transfers so
that they do not deadlock the root adapter.
- 6. M1 feeds the I2C-transfer from step 1 to the root adapter as an
- unlocked I2C-transfer, so that it does not deadlock the parent
+ 6. M1 feeds the I2C transfer from step 1 to the root adapter as an
+ unlocked I2C transfer, so that it does not deadlock the parent
adapter.
7. M1 calls ->deselect, if it has one.
8. Same rules as in step 5, but for ->deselect.
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ device lockups and/or other problems.
The topology is especially troublesome if M2 is an auto-closing
mux. In that case, any interleaved accesses to D4 might close M2
-prematurely, as might any I2C-transfers part of M1->select.
+prematurely, as might any I2C transfers part of M1->select.
But if M2 is not making the above stated assumption, and if M2 is not
auto-closing, the topology is fine.