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| author | Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca> | 2014-07-02 14:57:01 -0400 |
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| committer | Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de> | 2014-07-03 08:32:29 +0200 |
| commit | aac1b35c88890fe85b32f0dd2ea361e47736d049 (patch) | |
| tree | 3b79bdbc3838578ad8e9bc11a1e1c0b21e27076e /Documentation/user/introduction.rst | |
| parent | 009e5365d0d7ab57b84aac88d934ea7b0c457dde (diff) | |
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Documentation: Numerous typoes/fixes in first few chapters of user manual.
Doc fixes such as:
* font changes
* spelling
* punctuation
* capitalization
Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>
Signed-off-by: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>
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diff --git a/Documentation/user/introduction.rst b/Documentation/user/introduction.rst index 8eb586044a..8a980a70ab 100644 --- a/Documentation/user/introduction.rst +++ b/Documentation/user/introduction.rst @@ -1,23 +1,25 @@ Introduction ============ -This is the barebox user manual. It describes how to configure, compile -and run barebox on Embedded Systems. +This is the barebox user manual, which describes how to configure, compile +and run barebox on embedded systems. barebox (just barebox, not *the* barebox) is a bootloader designed for -Embedded Systems. It runs on a variety of ARM, MIPS, PowerPC based SoCs. +embedded systems. It runs on a variety of architectures including +x86, ARM, MIPS, PowerPC and others. + barebox aims to be a versatile and flexible bootloader, not only for -booting Embedded Linux Systems but also for initial hardware bringup and -development. barebox is highly configurable to be suitable as a full featured -development binary to a lean production system. Just like busybox is the swiss -army knife for Embedded Linux, barebox is the swiss army knife for bare metal, -hence the name. +booting embedded Linux systems, but also for initial hardware bringup and +development. barebox is highly configurable to be suitable as a full-featured +development binary as well as for lean production systems. +Just like busybox is the Swiss Army Knife for embedded Linux, +barebox is the Swiss Army Knife for bare metal, hence the name. Feedback -------- For sending patches, asking for help and giving general feedback you are -always welcome to write a mail to the barebox mailing list. Most of the +always welcome to write an e-mail to the barebox mailing list. Most of the discussion of barebox takes place here: http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/barebox/ |