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- Lines: 24
- Date:
Wed Jun 24 14:34:44 1998
- Orig file:
v2.1.106/linux/Documentation/hayes-esp.txt
- Orig date:
Sun Jun 7 11:16:25 1998
diff -u --recursive --new-file v2.1.106/linux/Documentation/hayes-esp.txt linux/Documentation/hayes-esp.txt
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
Features:
- Uses the enhanced mode of the ESP card, allowing a wider range of
- interrupts and features than compatibilty mode
+ interrupts and features than compatibility mode
- Uses DMA and 16 bit PIO mode to transfer data to and from the ESP's FIFOs,
reducing CPU load
- Supports primary and secondary ports
@@ -71,12 +71,12 @@
The dma= option can be used to set the DMA channel. The channel can be either
1 or 3. Specifying any other value will force the driver to use PIO mode.
-For example, to set the dma channel to 3, the insmod command would be:
+For example, to set the DMA channel to 3, the insmod command would be:
insmod esp dma=3
The rx_trigger= and tx_trigger= options can be used to set the FIFO trigger
-levels. They specifie when the ESP card should send an interrupt. Larger
+levels. They specify when the ESP card should send an interrupt. Larger
values will decrease the number of interrupts; however, a value too high may
result in data loss. Valid values are 1 through 1023, with 768 being the
default. For example, to set the receive trigger level to 512 bytes and the
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