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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c | 13 |
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, |