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diff -u --recursive --new-file v2.3.9/linux/Documentation/networking/arcnet-hardware.txt linux/Documentation/networking/arcnet-hardware.txt
@@ -20,14 +20,14 @@
 ARCnet is a network type which works in a way similar to popular Ethernet
 networks but which is also different in some very important ways.
 
-First of all, you can get ARCnet cards in at least two speeds: 2.5Mbps
-(slower than Ethernet) and 100Mbps (faster than normal Ethernet).  In fact,
+First of all, you can get ARCnet cards in at least two speeds: 2.5 Mbps
+(slower than Ethernet) and 100 Mbps (faster than normal Ethernet).  In fact,
 there are others as well, but these are less common.  The different hardware
 types, as far as I'm aware, are not compatible and so you cannot wire a
-100Mbps card to a 2.5Mbps card, and so on.  From what I hear, my driver does
-work with 100Mbps cards, but I haven't been able to verify this myself,
-since I only have the 2.5Mbps variety.  It is probably not going to saturate
-your 100Mbps card.  Stop complaining :)
+100 Mbps card to a 2.5 Mbps card, and so on.  From what I hear, my driver does
+work with 100 Mbps cards, but I haven't been able to verify this myself,
+since I only have the 2.5 Mbps variety.  It is probably not going to saturate
+your 100 Mbps card.  Stop complaining. :)
 
 You also cannot connect an ARCnet card to any kind of Ethernet card and
 expect it to work.  
@@ -52,17 +52,17 @@
 useful for realtime networks.
 
 In addition, all known ARCnet cards have an (almost) identical programming
-interface.  This means that with one "arcnet" driver you can support any
-card; whereas, with Ethernet, each manufacturer uses what is sometimes a
+interface.  This means that with one ARCnet driver you can support any
+card, whereas with Ethernet each manufacturer uses what is sometimes a
 completely different programming interface, leading to a lot of different,
 sometimes very similar, Ethernet drivers.  Of course, always using the same
 programming interface also means that when high-performance hardware
-facilities like PCI busmastering DMA appear, it's hard to take advantage of
+facilities like PCI bus mastering DMA appear, it's hard to take advantage of
 them.  Let's not go into that.
 
 One thing that makes ARCnet cards difficult to program for, however, is the
 limit on their packet sizes; standard ARCnet can only send packets that are
-up to 508 bytes in length.  This is smaller than the internet "bare minimum"
+up to 508 bytes in length.  This is smaller than the Internet "bare minimum"
 of 576 bytes, let alone the Ethernet MTU of 1500.  To compensate, an extra
 level of encapsulation is defined by RFC1201, which I call "packet
 splitting," that allows "virtual packets" to grow as large as 64K each,
@@ -1005,9 +1005,9 @@
     only (the JP0 jumper is hardwired), and BNC only.
 	
 This is a LCS-8830-T made by SMC, I think ('SMC' only appears on one PLCC,
-nowhere else, not even on the few xeroxed sheets from the manual).
+nowhere else, not even on the few Xeroxed sheets from the manual).
 
-SMC Arcnet Board Type LCS-8830-T
+SMC ARCnet Board Type LCS-8830-T
 
    ------------------------------------
   |                                    |
@@ -1070,7 +1070,7 @@
 
 DIP Switches 1-5 of SW2 encode the RAM and ROM Address Range:
 
-Switches        Ram           Rom
+Switches        RAM           ROM
 12345           Address Range  Address Range
 00000		C:0000-C:07ff	C:2000-C:3fff
 10000		C:0800-C:0fff
@@ -1170,11 +1170,11 @@
 DIP Switches:
 
 	The DIP switches accessible on the accessible end of the card while
-        it is installed, is used to set the arcnet address.  There are 8
+        it is installed, is used to set the ARCnet address.  There are 8
         switches.  Use an address from 1 to 254.
 
 	Switch No.
-	12345678	Arcnet address
+	12345678	ARCnet address
 	-----------------------------------------
 	00000000	FF  	(Don't use this!)
 	00000001	FE
@@ -1222,7 +1222,7 @@
         from the upper memory regions, and then attempting to load ARCETHER
         using these addresses.
 
-	I recommend using an arcnet memory address of 0xD000, and putting
+	I recommend using an ARCnet memory address of 0xD000, and putting
         the EMS page frame at 0xC000 while using QEMM stealth mode.  That
         way, you get contiguous high memory from 0xD100 almost all the way
         the end of the megabyte.
@@ -1687,7 +1687,7 @@
                 |____________________________________________| |__|
 
 
-UM9065L : Arcnet Controller
+UM9065L : ARCnet Controller
 
 SW 1    : Shared Memory Address and I/O Base
 
@@ -1800,7 +1800,7 @@
 J1-J5       IRQ Select
 J6-J21      Unknown (Probably extra timeouts & ROM enable ...)
 LED1        Activity LED 
-BNC         Coax connector (STAR arcnet)
+BNC         Coax connector (STAR ARCnet)
 RAM         2k of SRAM
 ROM         Boot ROM socket
 UFS         Unidentified Flying Sockets
@@ -1905,7 +1905,7 @@
 ------------------------
   - from Vojtech Pavlik <Vojtech.Pavlik@st.mff.cuni.cz>
 
-This is another SMC 90C65 based arcnet card. I couldn't identify the
+This is another SMC 90C65-based ARCnet card. I couldn't identify the
 manufacturer, but it might be DataPoint, because the card has the
 original arcNet logo in its upper right corner.
 
@@ -1942,9 +1942,9 @@
 SW2 1-8:    Node ID Select
 SW3 1-5:    IRQ Select   
     6-7:    Extra Timeout
-    8  :    Rom Enable   
+    8  :    ROM Enable   
 BNC         Coax connector
-XTAL        20MHz Crystal
+XTAL        20 MHz Crystal
 
 
 Setting the Node ID
@@ -2081,11 +2081,11 @@
     6-8     Base I/O Address Select
 SW2 1-8     Node ID Select (ID0-ID7)
 J1          IRQ Select
-J2          Rom Enable
+J2          ROM Enable
 J3          Extra Timeout
 LED1        Activity LED 
-BNC         Coax connector (BUS arcnet)
-RJ          Twisted Pair Connector (daisychain)
+BNC         Coax connector (BUS ARCnet)
+RJ          Twisted Pair Connector (daisy chain)
 
 
 Setting the Node ID
@@ -2419,7 +2419,7 @@
 
 Legend:
 
-COM90C65:       Arcnet Probe
+COM90C65:       ARCnet Probe
 S1  1-8:    Node ID Select
 S2  1-3:    I/O Base Address Select
     4-6:    Memory Base Address Select
@@ -2791,7 +2791,7 @@
 SW2 1-8:    Node ID Select (ID0-ID7)
 SW3 1-5:    IRQ Select   
     6-7:    Extra Timeout
-    8  :    Rom Enable   
+    8  :    ROM Enable   
 JP1         Led connector
 BNC         Coax connector
 
@@ -3089,7 +3089,7 @@
 0 = Jumper Installed
 1 = Open
 
-Top Jumper line Bit 7 = Rom Enable 654=Memory location 321=I/O
+Top Jumper line Bit 7 = ROM Enable 654=Memory location 321=I/O
 
 Settings for Memory Location (Top Jumper Line)
 456     Address selected

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