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author | Matthew Burgess <matthew@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2005-03-14 20:30:17 +0000 |
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committer | Matthew Burgess <matthew@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2005-03-14 20:30:17 +0000 |
commit | c59fe132197afde128dfe8595d045770dadb0480 (patch) | |
tree | e90538f14718217e09e4ce3504325a8a2cf1d7d1 /chapter06 | |
parent | 722f0a4e8b3614ae49e29e5052ce147896c6c790 (diff) |
Typo and rewording of hotplug filelist
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@4758 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
Diffstat (limited to 'chapter06')
-rw-r--r-- | chapter06/hotplug.xml | 45 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 25 deletions
diff --git a/chapter06/hotplug.xml b/chapter06/hotplug.xml index 715a52d91..6aa10f214 100644 --- a/chapter06/hotplug.xml +++ b/chapter06/hotplug.xml @@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ directory:</para> <listitem> <indexterm zone="ch-system-hotplug hotplug"><primary sortas="b-hotplug">hotplug</primary></indexterm> -<para>This script is called by default by Linux kernel when something +<para>This script is called by default by the Linux kernel when something changes in its internal state (e.g., a new device is added or removed).</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> @@ -95,14 +95,12 @@ changes in its internal state (e.g., a new device is added or removed).</para> <listitem> <indexterm zone="ch-system-hotplug hotplug-rc"><primary sortas="d-/etc/hotplug/*.rc">/etc/hotplug/*.rc</primary></indexterm> -<para>These scripts are used for cold plugging, i.e., detection and other -specific actions upon hardware already present during system startup. -They are called by the <filename>hotplug</filename> initscript that comes -from the LFS-Bootscripts package. -The <command>*.rc</command> -scripts try to recover hotplug events that were lost during system boot -because, e.g., the root filesystem was not mounted by the kernel. -</para> +<para>These scripts are used for cold plugging, i.e., detecting and acting upon +hardware already present during system startup. They are called by the +<filename>hotplug</filename> initscript that comes from the LFS-Bootscripts +package. The <command>*.rc</command> scripts try to recover hotplug events that +were lost during system boot because, for example, the root filesystem was not +mounted by the kernel.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> @@ -113,8 +111,8 @@ because, e.g., the root filesystem was not mounted by the kernel. sortas="d-/etc/hotplug/*.agent">/etc/hotplug/*.agent</primary></indexterm> <para>These scripts are called by <command>hotplug</command> in response to different types of hotplug events generated by the kernel. -Their action is to insert corresponding kernel modules and call user-provided -scripts, if any. +Their action is to insert corresponding kernel modules and call any +user-provided scripts. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> @@ -124,7 +122,7 @@ scripts, if any. <listitem> <indexterm zone="ch-system-hotplug hotplug-functions"><primary sortas="e-/etc/hotplug/hotplug.functions">/etc/hotplug/hotplug.functions</primary></indexterm> -<para>This file contains common functions used by other scripts in Hotplug +<para>This file contains common functions used by other scripts in the Hotplug package. </para> </listitem> @@ -135,8 +133,8 @@ package. <listitem> <indexterm zone="ch-system-hotplug hotplug-blacklist"><primary sortas="e-/etc/hotplug/blacklist">/etc/hotplug/blacklist</primary></indexterm> -<para>This file contains the list of modules that should never be -inserted into the kernel by hotplug scripts. +<para>This file contains the list of modules that should never be inserted into +the kernel by the hotplug scripts. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> @@ -146,8 +144,7 @@ inserted into the kernel by hotplug scripts. <listitem> <indexterm zone="ch-system-hotplug hotplug-subdirs"><primary sortas="e-/etc/hotplug/{pci,usb}">/etc/hotplug/{pci,usb}</primary></indexterm> -<para>These directories are supposed to contain user-written handlers for -hotplug events. +<para>These directories contain user-written handlers for hotplug events. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> @@ -158,7 +155,7 @@ hotplug events. <indexterm zone="ch-system-hotplug hotplug-usb.usermap"><primary sortas="e-/etc/hotplug/usb.usermap">/etc/hotplug/usb.usermap</primary></indexterm> <para>This file contains rules that determine which user-defined handlers to -call for each USB device, based on its vendor, id and other attributes. +call for each USB device, based on its vendor ID and other attributes. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> @@ -168,7 +165,7 @@ call for each USB device, based on its vendor, id and other attributes. <listitem> <indexterm zone="ch-system-hotplug hotplug-events"><primary sortas="e-/var/log/hotplug/events">/var/log/hotplug/events</primary></indexterm> -<para>This file contains all the events since bootup that hotplug has called. +<para>This file contains all the events that hotplug has called since bootup. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> @@ -178,10 +175,9 @@ sortas="e-/var/log/hotplug/events">/var/log/hotplug/events</primary></indexterm> <listitem> <indexterm zone="ch-system-hotplug hotplug-hotplug.d"><primary sortas="e-/etc/hotplug.d">/etc/hotplug.d</primary></indexterm> -<para>This directory contains programs (or symlinks to them) -that are interested in receiving hotplug events. E.g., -<application>Udev</application> puts its symlink here during installation. -</para> +<para>This directory contains programs (or symlinks to them) that are interested +in receiving hotplug events. For example, <application>Udev</application> puts +its symlink here during installation.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> @@ -190,9 +186,8 @@ that are interested in receiving hotplug events. E.g., <listitem> <indexterm zone="ch-system-hotplug hotplug-firmware"><primary sortas="e-/lib/firmware">/lib/firmware</primary></indexterm> -<para>This directory contains the firmware for devices that -need to have there firmware loaded before use. -</para> +<para>This directory contains the firmware for devices that need to have their +firmware loaded before use.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> |