Mercurial > nand-ecoscentric
changeset 2176:a70dd1fde406
* doc/eth_phy.sgml: Fixed a few typos
| author | asl |
|---|---|
| date | Fri, 07 Apr 2006 14:22:02 +0000 |
| parents | 55e180a14a91 |
| children | 970f455a2397 |
| files | packages/devs/eth/phy/current/ChangeLog packages/devs/eth/phy/current/doc/eth_phy.sgml |
| diffstat | 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) [+] |
line wrap: on
line diff
--- a/packages/devs/eth/phy/current/ChangeLog +++ b/packages/devs/eth/phy/current/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2006-04-07 Andrew Lunn <andrew.lunn@ascom.ch> + + * doc/eth_phy.sgml: Fixed a few typos + 2005-08-25 Markus Schade <marks@peppercon.de> * src/INLXT972.c:
--- a/packages/devs/eth/phy/current/doc/eth_phy.sgml +++ b/packages/devs/eth/phy/current/doc/eth_phy.sgml @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ <para> Modern ethernet subsystems are often separated into two pieces, the media access controller (sometimes known as a MAC) and the physical -device or line interface (often refered to as a PHY). In this case, +device or line interface (often referred to as a PHY). In this case, the MAC handles generating and parsing physical frames and the PHY handles how this data is actually moved to/from the wire. The MAC and PHY communicate via a special protocol, known as MII. This MII @@ -46,11 +46,11 @@ protocol can handle control over the PHY of such transmission criteria as line speed, duplex mode, etc. </para> <para> -In most cases, etnernet drivers only need to bother with the PHY during +In most cases, ethernet drivers only need to bother with the PHY during system initialization. Since the details of the PHY are separate from the MAC, there are different drivers for each. The drivers for the PHY are described by a set of exported functions which are commonly used by -by the MAC. The primary use of these functions currently is to initialize +the MAC. The primary use of these functions currently is to initialize the PHY and determine the status of the line connection. </para> <para> @@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ struct _eth_phy_dev_entry { }; </programlisting> -The <varname>dev</varname> element points to the PHY speficic support +The <varname>dev</varname> element points to the PHY specific support functions. Currently, the only function which must be defined is <function>stat()</function>. </para> @@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ The function may be called by a driver to cause the PHY device to be reset to a known state. Not all drivers will require this and this function may not even -be possible, so it's use and behaviour is somewhat target specific. +be possible, so it's use and behavior is somewhat target specific. </para> <para> Currently, the only function required of device specific drivers is @@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ Currently, the only function required of This routine should query appropriate registers in the PHY and return a status bitmap indicating the state of the physical connection. In the case where the PHY can auto-negotiate a line speed and condition, -this information may be useful to the MAC to indicate what spped it should +this information may be useful to the MAC to indicate what speed it should provide data, etc. The status bitmask contains these bits: <programlisting>
