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authorpatacongo <patacongo@7fd9a85b-ad96-42d3-883c-3090e2eb8679>2011-08-25 14:11:39 +0000
committerpatacongo <patacongo@7fd9a85b-ad96-42d3-883c-3090e2eb8679>2011-08-25 14:11:39 +0000
commit3b5a4d48fb368895ebc5fa6b07c41063e8b13d99 (patch)
treef0902de09fdc9ee6464e8430c23f867db6426d26 /nuttx/syscall
parent12c64bc38bd961f29d7d6f468a4ab8bc23f4eaee (diff)
ADC bugfixes plus new DAC logic from Lzyy
git-svn-id: https://nuttx.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/nuttx/trunk@3913 7fd9a85b-ad96-42d3-883c-3090e2eb8679
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-rw-r--r--nuttx/syscall/README.txt10
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/nuttx/syscall/README.txt b/nuttx/syscall/README.txt
index 7c45207f86..7797c5781f 100644
--- a/nuttx/syscall/README.txt
+++ b/nuttx/syscall/README.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ The syscall layer provided in this directory serves as the communication
layer from the user-mode application into the kernel-mode RTOS. The
switch from user-mode to kernel-mode is accomplished using software
interrupts (SWIs). SWIs are implemented differently and named differently
-by different manufacters but all work essentially the same: A special
+by different manufacturers but all work essentially the same: A special
instruction is executed in user-mode that causes a software generated
interrupt. The software generated interrrupt is caught within the kernel
and handle in kernel-mode.
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ implemented as a simple comma-separated-value file, syscall.csv. Most
spreadsheets programs will accept this format and can be used to maintain
the syscall database.
-The format of the CVS file for each line is:
+The format of the CSV file for each line is:
Field 1: Function name
Field 2: The header file that contains the function prototype
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ Each type field has a format as follows:
A similar situation exists for unions. For example, the formal
parameter type union sigval -- You cannot cast a uintptr_t to
a union sigval, but you can cast to the type of one of the union
- member types when passing the actua paramter. Similarly, we
+ member types when passing the actual paramter. Similarly, we
cannot cast a union sigval to a uinptr_t either. Rather, we need
to cast a specific union member fieldname to uintptr_t.
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ database. Here the following definition is used:
Stub - Another tiny bit of code that executes within the NuttX kernel
that is used to map a software interrupt received by the kernel to
- a kernel function call. The stubs receive the marshalled system
+ a kernel function call. The stubs receive the marshaled system
call data, and perform the actually kernel function call (in
kernel-mode) on behalf of the proxy function.
@@ -140,4 +140,4 @@ mksyscall
stubs and proxies is maintained in a comma separated value (CSV) file
in the syscall/ directory. The mksyscall program will accept this CVS
file as input and generate all of the required proxy or stub files as
- output. See tools/README.txt for additonal information.
+ output. See tools/README.txt for additional information.