DOC: Some grammar and spelling fixes for barebox-main.dox.
Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca> Signed-off-by: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>
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/** @mainpage Barebox
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/** @mainpage Barebox
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Barebox is a bootloader that initializes a hardware and boots Linux and
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Barebox is a bootloader that initializes hardware and boots Linux and
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maybe other operating systems or bare metal code on a variety of
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maybe other operating systems or bare metal code on a variety of
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processors. It was initialy derived from U-Boot and captures up with
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processors. It was initially derived from U-Boot and retains several of
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several of it's ideas, so users being familiar with U-Boot should come
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U-Boot's ideas, so users familiar with U-Boot should come into
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into production quickly with Barebox.
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production quickly with Barebox.
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However, as the Barebox developers are highly addicted to the Linux
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However, as the Barebox developers are highly addicted to the Linux
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kernel, it's coding style and code quality, we try to stick as closely
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kernel, its coding style and code quality, we try to stick as closely
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as possible to the methodologies and techniques developed in Linux. In
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as possible to the methodologies and techniques developed in Linux. In
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addition we have a strong background in POSIX, so you'll find several
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addition we have a strong background in POSIX, so you'll find several
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good old Unix traditions realized in Barebox as well.
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good old Unix traditions realized in Barebox as well.
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- <b>Environment Filesystem:</b><br>
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- <b>Environment Filesystem:</b><br>
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In contrast to U-Boot, Barebox doesn't misuse the environment for
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In contrast to U-Boot, Barebox doesn't misuse the environment for
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scripting. If you start the bootloader, it gives you a shell and
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scripting. If you start the bootloader, it gives you a shell and
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something that looks like a filesystem. In fact it isn't: it is a very
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something that looks like a filesystem. In fact it isn't; it is a very
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simple ar archive being extracted from flash into a ramdisk with 'loadenv'
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simple ar archive being extracted from flash into a ramdisk with 'loadenv'
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and stored back with 'saveenv'.
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and stored back with 'saveenv'.
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if they have the same name.
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if they have the same name.
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- <b>Clocksource:</b><br>
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- <b>Clocksource:</b><br>
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We use the clocksource API knwon from Linux.
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We use the standard clocksource API from Linux.
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- <b>Kconfig/Kbuild:</b><br>
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- <b>Kconfig/Kbuild:</b><br>
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This gives us parallel builds and removes the need for lots of ifdefs.
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This gives us parallel builds and removes the need for lots of ifdefs.
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to simulate devices.
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to simulate devices.
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- <b>Device Parameters:</b><br>
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- <b>Device Parameters:</b><br>
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There is a parameter model in @a Barebox: each device can specify it's
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There is a parameter model in @a Barebox: each device can specify its
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own parameters, which do exist for every instance. Parameters can be
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own parameters, which do exist for every instance. Parameters can be
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changed on the command line with \<devid\>.\<param\>="...". For
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changed on the command line with \<devid\>.\<param\>="...". For
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example, if you want to access the IPv4 address for eth0, this is done
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example, if you want to access the IPv4 address for eth0, this is done
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