Re: [PATCH] Documentation: DMA-API-HOWTO.txt: fixed grammer issues Fixed some of the grammer issues in DMA-API-HOWTO.txt using the software grammerly.
From: Greg KH
Date: Sun Feb 16 2020 - 11:38:22 EST
On Sun, Feb 16, 2020 at 07:46:58PM +0530, sunnypranay wrote:
> From: mpranay <mpranay2017@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> ---
> Documentation/DMA-API-HOWTO.txt | 628 +++++++++++++++----------------
> drivers/staging/comedi/drivers.c | 2 +-
> 2 files changed, 311 insertions(+), 319 deletions(-)
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