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firmware: Fix grammar in sysfs-firmware-dmi doc 

Fix the grammar in describing the position attribute of DMI entries in
the dmi-sysfs module.  While here, make a couple other small clarifying
fixups to the docs.

Reported-by: <Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu>
Signed-off-by: Mike Waychison <mikew@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
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Mike Waychison 2011-03-18 16:50:03 -07:00 committed by Greg Kroah-Hartman
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@ -14,14 +14,15 @@ Description:
DMI is structured as a large table of entries, where
each entry has a common header indicating the type and
length of the entry, as well as 'handle' that is
supposed to be unique amongst all entries.
length of the entry, as well as a firmware-provided
'handle' that is supposed to be unique amongst all
entries.
Some entries are required by the specification, but many
others are optional. In general though, users should
never expect to find a specific entry type on their
system unless they know for certain what their firmware
is doing. Machine to machine will vary.
is doing. Machine to machine experiences will vary.
Multiple entries of the same type are allowed. In order
to handle these duplicate entry types, each entry is
@ -67,25 +68,24 @@ Description:
and the two terminating nul characters.
type : The type of the entry. This value is the same
as found in the directory name. It indicates
how the rest of the entry should be
interpreted.
how the rest of the entry should be interpreted.
instance: The instance ordinal of the entry for the
given type. This value is the same as found
in the parent directory name.
position: The position of the entry within the entirety
of the entirety.
position: The ordinal position (zero-based) of the entry
within the entirety of the DMI entry table.
=== Entry Specialization ===
Some entry types may have other information available in
sysfs.
sysfs. Not all types are specialized.
--- Type 15 - System Event Log ---
This entry allows the firmware to export a log of
events the system has taken. This information is
typically backed by nvram, but the implementation
details are abstracted by this table. This entries data
details are abstracted by this table. This entry's data
is exported in the directory:
/sys/firmware/dmi/entries/15-0/system_event_log