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authorstanley lieber <stanley.lieber@gmail.com>2011-08-17 21:58:38 -0500
committerstanley lieber <stanley.lieber@gmail.com>2011-08-17 21:58:38 -0500
commit0a28f2abe1a97c39bf724b9748b9c065ae95ed62 (patch)
tree51d7dff430966885596a86e4d68422215c5c6051 /sys/man
parent1f80ddafb8dc676b5b281be4dfc787d278a1498a (diff)
nusb(4): minor man page corrections
Diffstat (limited to 'sys/man')
-rw-r--r--sys/man/4/nusb53
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 30 deletions
diff --git a/sys/man/4/nusb b/sys/man/4/nusb
index cc9d0b494..bf38e9298 100644
--- a/sys/man/4/nusb
+++ b/sys/man/4/nusb
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ upon attachment of the device to the bus. All drivers except
take the decimal usb
.I devid
of the device they should handle as ther last argument. A
-drivers instance handles only one device at a time.
+driver's instance handles only one device at a time.
.PP
Drivers that provide file systems make them available as shares under
.B /shr
@@ -65,9 +65,9 @@ Options
.B \-d
and
.B \-D
-present on most drivers trigger debug diagnostics and
-file system debugging diagnostics.
-Repeating any one of these may increase verbosity.
+trigger debug diagnostics and file system debugging
+diagnostics for most drivers. Repeating any one of these may
+increase verbosity.
.SS Hubs
.I Usbd
enumerates the tree of USB hubs and configures the device on
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ attachment. It provides a filesystem with the the file
.B usbevent
(usualy seen as
.BR /dev/usbevent )
-wich when read, returns a 5 column space separated line of
+which, when read, returns a 5 column, space separated line of
text, one for each event. The columns are:
.B attach
or
@@ -109,11 +109,11 @@ The option
.B \-a
accelerates the mouse to level
.I n
-(similar to the kernel mouse driver acceleration).
+(similar to the kernel's mouse driver acceleration).
.SS Disks
.I Disk
configures and manages USB mass storage devices. It
-provides a file system (usually seen at
+provides a file system (usually seen under
.BR /dev )
that includes one directory per storage device, named
.BI sdU N . M
@@ -137,28 +137,26 @@ The
file supplies the device geometry and partitions when read.
.SS Serial and JTAG ports
.I Serial
-provides a file system (usually seen at
+provides a file system (usually seen under
.BR /dev )
-that includes two files,
-.BI eiaU N ,
+that includes one directory per USB serial port, named
+.BI eiaU N
+or
+.BI eiaU N . M.
+In this directory there are two files,
+.BR eiaU ,
similar to
.BI eia N
in
-.IR uart (3)
-but where
-.I N
-is the
-.I devid
-or
-.IR devid . lun,
+.IR uart (3),
and
-.BI eiaU N ctl,
+.BR eiaUctl ,
which admits writes in the same format as
.BI eia N ctl
in
.IR uart (3).
Reading from
-.BI eiaU N ctl
+.B eiaUctl
gives the serial port's settings in the same format as
.BI eia N status
in
@@ -168,24 +166,19 @@ Options are similar to those of
.PP
JTAG ports are similar
but the files are named
-.BI jtag N
+.B jtag
and
-.BI jtag N ctl .
+.BR jtagctl .
.
.SS Audio devices
.I Audio
configures and manages a USB audio device.
-It implements a file system, (normally seen at
+It implements a file system, (normally seen under
.BI /dev )
-containing files
+containing the files
.BR volume
and
.BR audio .
-.SS Ptp devices
-.I Ptp
-supports PTP (picture transfer protocol) devices like cameras.
-The filesystem can be accessed under
-.BI /shr/sdU devid .0 .
.SH SOURCE
.B /sys/src/cmd/nusb
.SH "SEE ALSO"
@@ -198,7 +191,7 @@ The filesystem can be accessed under
.IR kbdfs (8)
.SH BUGS
The various device drivers are generic USB drivers and
-may work only for certain devices on each class.
+may work only for certain devices of each class.
.PP
USB ATA storage devices are not supported.
.PP
@@ -207,6 +200,6 @@ and control of the
.B dcd
and
.B dsr
-signals and some of the extra features are unimplemented.
+signals and some of the extra features are not implemented.
For Ftdi, only the Sheevaplug and Guruplug have been tried.
There is support for the EHCI debug port, but it loses bytes.