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| author | David Bryant <david@davidcbryant.net> | 2022-12-24 10:00:23 -0600 |
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| committer | David Bryant <david@davidcbryant.net> | 2022-12-24 10:00:23 -0600 |
| commit | 7ae2811988d440448f8f993d6e9b2df4652f3833 (patch) | |
| tree | 31c3bfb6452ee887715b1a22b39f3c2c516206d4 | |
| parent | 8972a361d04f15f7153d90700af80e4a6a250f90 (diff) | |
Standardize spelling of "userspace".
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter07/kernfs.xml | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter08/libcap.xml | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter08/pkgmgt.xml | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | prologue/why.xml | 2 |
4 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/chapter07/kernfs.xml b/chapter07/kernfs.xml index 1f72fecf2..b5b0762bb 100644 --- a/chapter07/kernfs.xml +++ b/chapter07/kernfs.xml @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ <primary sortas="e-/dev/">/dev/*</primary> </indexterm> - <para>Applications running in user space utilize various file + <para>Applications running in userspace utilize various file systems created by the kernel to communicate with the kernel itself. These file systems are virtual: no disk space is used for them. The content of these file systems resides in diff --git a/chapter08/libcap.xml b/chapter08/libcap.xml index 89348db88..367e05c3f 100644 --- a/chapter08/libcap.xml +++ b/chapter08/libcap.xml @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ <sect2 role="package"> <title/> - <para>The Libcap package implements the user-space interface to the POSIX + <para>The Libcap package implements the userspace interface to the POSIX 1003.1e capabilities available in Linux kernels. These capabilities partition the all-powerful root privilege into a set of distinct privileges.</para> diff --git a/chapter08/pkgmgt.xml b/chapter08/pkgmgt.xml index d4b616bc7..8bf8dfdaa 100644 --- a/chapter08/pkgmgt.xml +++ b/chapter08/pkgmgt.xml @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ <para>If the Linux kernel needs to be upgraded (for example, from 5.10.17 to 5.10.18 or 5.11.1), nothing else needs to be rebuilt. The system will keep working fine thanks to the well-defined interface - between the kernel and user space. Specifically, Linux API headers + between the kernel and userspace. Specifically, Linux API headers need not be (and should not be, see the next item) upgraded along with the kernel. You will merely need to reboot your system to use the upgraded kernel.</para> diff --git a/prologue/why.xml b/prologue/why.xml index fac1e1559..ea22b04df 100644 --- a/prologue/why.xml +++ b/prologue/why.xml @@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ <listitem> <para>Libcap</para> - <para>This package implements the user-space interfaces to + <para>This package implements the userspace interfaces to the POSIX 1003.1e capabilities available in Linux kernels. </para> </listitem> |