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authorNicolas Kaiser <nikai@nikai.net>2010-08-05 11:23:11 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2010-08-05 13:21:24 -0700
commitc95940f264e59ff8d21d76ace47bac1018912800 (patch)
tree74e1529fe9424f9d8cd8908eece4182f0f021e06 /Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt
parenteb07e1b4ac544abaf4ec8ad25cdbe39485de6842 (diff)
Documentation: fix kbuild typos and wording
Fixed some typos and wording. Signed-off-by: Nicolas Kaiser <nikai@nikai.net> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt
index 634c625da8c..0d8addbb0fa 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt
@@ -40,15 +40,15 @@ Set the directory to look for the kernel source when building external
modules.
The directory can be specified in several ways:
1) Use "M=..." on the command line
-2) Environmnet variable KBUILD_EXTMOD
-3) Environmnet variable SUBDIRS
+2) Environment variable KBUILD_EXTMOD
+3) Environment variable SUBDIRS
The possibilities are listed in the order they take precedence.
Using "M=..." will always override the others.
KBUILD_OUTPUT
--------------------------------------------------
Specify the output directory when building the kernel.
-The output directory can also be specificed using "O=...".
+The output directory can also be specified using "O=...".
Setting "O=..." takes precedence over KBUILD_OUTPUT.
ARCH
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ The script will be called with the following arguments:
$3 - kernel map file
$4 - default install path (use root directory if blank)
-The implmentation of "make install" is architecture specific
+The implementation of "make install" is architecture specific
and it may differ from the above.
INSTALLKERNEL is provided to enable the possibility to