@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ chipsets are able to deal with these errors; these include PCI-E chipsets,
1717and the PCI-host bridges found on IBM Power4, Power5 and Power6-based
1818pSeries boxes. A typical action taken is to disconnect the affected device,
1919halting all I/O to it. The goal of a disconnection is to avoid system
20- corruption; for example, to halt system memory corruption due to DMA's
20+ corruption; for example, to halt system memory corruption due to DMAs
2121to "wild" addresses. Typically, a reconnection mechanism is also
2222offered, so that the affected PCI device(s) are reset and put back
2323into working condition. The reset phase requires coordination
@@ -178,9 +178,9 @@ is STEP 6 (Permanent Failure).
178178 complex and not worth implementing.
179179
180180 The current powerpc implementation doesn't much care if the device
181- attempts I/O at this point, or not. I/O's will fail, returning
181+ attempts I/O at this point, or not. I/Os will fail, returning
182182 a value of 0xff on read, and writes will be dropped. If more than
183- EEH_MAX_FAILS I/O's are attempted to a frozen adapter, EEH
183+ EEH_MAX_FAILS I/Os are attempted to a frozen adapter, EEH
184184 assumes that the device driver has gone into an infinite loop
185185 and prints an error to syslog. A reboot is then required to
186186 get the device working again.
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ instead will have gone directly to STEP 3 (Link Reset) or STEP 4 (Slot Reset)
204204.. note ::
205205
206206 The following is proposed; no platform implements this yet:
207- Proposal: All I/O's should be done _synchronously_ from within
207+ Proposal: All I/Os should be done _synchronously_ from within
208208 this callback, errors triggered by them will be returned via
209209 the normal pci_check_whatever() API, no new error_detected()
210210 callback will be issued due to an error happening here. However,
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ Powerpc platforms implement two levels of slot reset:
258258soft reset(default) and fundamental(optional) reset.
259259
260260Powerpc soft reset consists of asserting the adapter #RST line and then
261- restoring the PCI BAR's and PCI configuration header to a state
261+ restoring the PCI BARs and PCI configuration header to a state
262262that is equivalent to what it would be after a fresh system
263263power-on followed by power-on BIOS/system firmware initialization.
264264Soft reset is also known as hot-reset.
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ permanent failure in some way. If the device is hotplug-capable,
362362the operator will probably want to remove and replace the device.
363363Note, however, not all failures are truly "permanent". Some are
364364caused by over-heating, some by a poorly seated card. Many
365- PCI error events are caused by software bugs, e.g. DMA's to
365+ PCI error events are caused by software bugs, e.g. DMAs to
366366wild addresses or bogus split transactions due to programming
367367errors. See the discussion in Documentation/powerpc/eeh-pci-error-recovery.rst
368368for additional detail on real-life experience of the causes of
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