@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ manual), choose the 'IPMI SI handler' option. A driver also exists
4545for direct I2C access to the IPMI management controller. Some boards
4646support this, but it is unknown if it will work on every board. For
4747this, choose 'IPMI SMBus handler', but be ready to try to do some
48- figuring to see if it will work on your system if the SMBIOS/APCI
48+ figuring to see if it will work on your system if the SMBIOS/ACPI
4949information is wrong or not present. It is fairly safe to have both
5050these enabled and let the drivers auto-detect what is present.
5151
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ situation, you need to read the section below named 'The SI Driver' or
6363IPMI defines a standard watchdog timer. You can enable this with the
6464'IPMI Watchdog Timer' config option. If you compile the driver into
6565the kernel, then via a kernel command-line option you can have the
66- watchdog timer start as soon as it initializes. It also have a lot
66+ watchdog timer start as soon as it initializes. It also has a lot
6767of other options, see the 'Watchdog' section below for more details.
6868Note that you can also have the watchdog continue to run if it is
6969closed (by default it is disabled on close). Go into the 'Watchdog
@@ -314,13 +314,13 @@ This gives the receiver a place to actually put the message.
314314
315315If the message cannot fit into the data you provide, you will get an
316316EMSGSIZE error and the driver will leave the data in the receive
317- queue. If you want to get it and have it truncate the message, us
317+ queue. If you want to get it and have it truncate the message, use
318318the IPMICTL_RECEIVE_MSG_TRUNC ioctl.
319319
320320When you send a command (which is defined by the lowest-order bit of
321321the netfn per the IPMI spec) on the IPMB bus, the driver will
322322automatically assign the sequence number to the command and save the
323- command. If the response is not receive in the IPMI-specified 5
323+ command. If the response is not received in the IPMI-specified 5
324324seconds, it will generate a response automatically saying the command
325325timed out. If an unsolicited response comes in (if it was after 5
326326seconds, for instance), that response will be ignored.
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ channel bitmasks do not overlap.
364364
365365To respond to a received command, set the response bit in the returned
366366netfn, use the address from the received message, and use the same
367- msgid that you got in the receive message.
367+ msgid that you got in the received message.
368368
369369From userland, equivalent IOCTLs are provided to do these functions.
370370
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ register would be 0xca6. This defaults to 1.
437437
438438The regsizes parameter gives the size of a register, in bytes. The
439439data used by IPMI is 8-bits wide, but it may be inside a larger
440- register. This parameter allows the read and write type to specified.
440+ register. This parameter allows the read and write type to be specified.
441441It may be 1, 2, 4, or 8. The default is 1.
442442
443443Since the register size may be larger than 32 bits, the IPMI data may not
@@ -478,8 +478,8 @@ If your IPMI interface does not support interrupts and is a KCS or
478478SMIC interface, the IPMI driver will start a kernel thread for the
479479interface to help speed things up. This is a low-priority kernel
480480thread that constantly polls the IPMI driver while an IPMI operation
481- is in progress. The force_kipmid module parameter will all the user to
482- force this thread on or off. If you force it off and don't have
481+ is in progress. The force_kipmid module parameter will allow the user
482+ to force this thread on or off. If you force it off and don't have
483483interrupts, the driver will run VERY slowly. Don't blame me,
484484these interfaces suck.
485485
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ kernel command line as::
580580These are the same options as on the module command line.
581581
582582The I2C driver does not support non-blocking access or polling, so
583- this driver cannod to IPMI panic events, extend the watchdog at panic
583+ this driver cannot do IPMI panic events, extend the watchdog at panic
584584time, or other panic-related IPMI functions without special kernel
585585patches and driver modifications. You can get those at the openipmi
586586web page.
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ Parameters are::
607607 ipmi_ipmb.retry_time_ms=<Time between retries on IPMB>
608608 ipmi_ipmb.max_retries=<Number of times to retry a message>
609609
610- Loading the module will not result in the driver automatcially
610+ Loading the module will not result in the driver automatically
611611starting unless there is device tree information setting it up. If
612612you want to instantiate one of these by hand, do::
613613
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