diff --git a/Documentation/PCI/msi-howto.rst b/Documentation/PCI/msi-howto.rst index 0692c9aec66f..667ebe2156b4 100644 --- a/Documentation/PCI/msi-howto.rst +++ b/Documentation/PCI/msi-howto.rst @@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ function:: which allocates up to max_vecs interrupt vectors for a PCI device. It returns the number of vectors allocated or a negative error. If the device -has a requirements for a minimum number of vectors the driver can pass a +has a requirement for a minimum number of vectors the driver can pass a min_vecs argument set to this limit, and the PCI core will return -ENOSPC if it can't meet the minimum number of vectors. @@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ not be able to allocate as many vectors for MSI as it could for MSI-X. On some platforms, MSI interrupts must all be targeted at the same set of CPUs whereas MSI-X interrupts can all be targeted at different CPUs. -If a device supports neither MSI-X or MSI it will fall back to a single +If a device supports neither MSI-X nor MSI it will fall back to a single legacy IRQ vector. The typical usage of MSI or MSI-X interrupts is to allocate as many vectors @@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ How to tell whether MSI/MSI-X is enabled on a device ---------------------------------------------------- Using 'lspci -v' (as root) may show some devices with "MSI", "Message -Signalled Interrupts" or "MSI-X" capabilities. Each of these capabilities +Signaled Interrupts" or "MSI-X" capabilities. Each of these capabilities has an 'Enable' flag which is followed with either "+" (enabled) or "-" (disabled).