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authorTuncer Ayaz <[email protected]>2010-12-26 17:56:42 +0100
committerTuncer Ayaz <[email protected]>2011-02-05 15:34:32 +0100
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Fix a couple typos in driver_entry(3)
-rw-r--r--erts/doc/src/driver_entry.xml14
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/driver_entry.xml b/erts/doc/src/driver_entry.xml
index dd949d4048..aa890e1ecd 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/driver_entry.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/driver_entry.xml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
<description>
<p>As of erts version 5.5.3 the driver interface has been extended
(see <seealso marker="driver_entry#extended_marker">extended marker</seealso>).
- The extended interface introduce
+ The extended interface introduces
<seealso marker="erl_driver#version_management">version management</seealso>,
the possibility to pass capability flags
(see <seealso marker="driver_entry#driver_flags">driver flags</seealso>)
@@ -45,21 +45,21 @@
<note>
<p>Old drivers (compiled with an <c>erl_driver.h</c> from an
earlier erts version than 5.5.3) have to be recompiled
- (but does not have to use the extended interface).</p>
+ (but do not have to use the extended interface).</p>
</note>
<p>The <c>driver_entry</c> structure is a C struct that all erlang
- drivers defines. It contains entry points for the erlang driver
+ drivers define. It contains entry points for the erlang driver
that are called by the erlang emulator when erlang code accesses
the driver.</p>
<p>
<marker id="emulator"></marker>
The <seealso marker="driver_entry">erl_driver</seealso> driver
- API functions needs a port handle
+ API functions need a port handle
that identifies the driver instance (and the port in the
emulator). This is only passed to the <c>start</c> function, but
not to the other functions. The <c>start</c> function returns a
driver-defined handle that is passed to the other functions. A
- common practice is to have the <c>start</c> function allocating
+ common practice is to have the <c>start</c> function allocate
some application-defined structure and stash the <c>port</c>
handle in it, to use it later with the driver API functions.</p>
<p>The driver call-back functions are called synchronously from the
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ typedef struct erl_drv_entry {
</item>
<tag>void *handle</tag>
<item>
- <p>This field is reserved for the emulators internal use. The
+ <p>This field is reserved for the emulator's internal use. The
emulator will modify this field; therefore, it is important
that the <c>driver_entry</c> isn't declared <c>const</c>.</p>
</item>
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ typedef struct erl_drv_entry {
<tag>void *handle2</tag>
<item>
<p>
- This field is reserved for the emulators internal use. The
+ This field is reserved for the emulator's internal use. The
emulator will modify this field; therefore, it is important
that the <c>driver_entry</c> isn't declared <c>const</c>.
</p>