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-rw-r--r--drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c13
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c b/drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c
index 948bd7e1445a..b9e3886d9e16 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c
@@ -255,10 +255,15 @@ void __init dmi_scan_machine(void)
/**
* dmi_check_system - check system DMI data
* @list: array of dmi_system_id structures to match against
+ * All non-null elements of the list must match
+ * their slot's (field index's) data (i.e., each
+ * list string must be a substring of the specified
+ * DMI slot's string data) to be considered a
+ * successful match.
*
* Walk the blacklist table running matching functions until someone
* returns non zero or we hit the end. Callback function is called for
- * each successfull match. Returns the number of matches.
+ * each successful match. Returns the number of matches.
*/
int dmi_check_system(struct dmi_system_id *list)
{
@@ -287,7 +292,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(dmi_check_system);
/**
* dmi_get_system_info - return DMI data value
- * @field: data index (see enum dmi_filed)
+ * @field: data index (see enum dmi_field)
*
* Returns one DMI data value, can be used to perform
* complex DMI data checks.
@@ -301,13 +306,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(dmi_get_system_info);
/**
* dmi_find_device - find onboard device by type/name
* @type: device type or %DMI_DEV_TYPE_ANY to match all device types
- * @desc: device name string or %NULL to match all
+ * @name: device name string or %NULL to match all
* @from: previous device found in search, or %NULL for new search.
*
* Iterates through the list of known onboard devices. If a device is
* found with a matching @vendor and @device, a pointer to its device
* structure is returned. Otherwise, %NULL is returned.
- * A new search is initiated by passing %NULL to the @from argument.
+ * A new search is initiated by passing %NULL as the @from argument.
* If @from is not %NULL, searches continue from next device.
*/
struct dmi_device * dmi_find_device(int type, const char *name,