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diff --git a/Documentation/devices.txt b/Documentation/devices.txt index addc67b1d770..682e1e7018f3 100644 --- a/Documentation/devices.txt +++ b/Documentation/devices.txt @@ -3205,7 +3205,7 @@ for a session; this includes virtual consoles, serial ports, and pseudoterminals (PTYs). All terminal devices share a common set of capabilities known as line -diciplines; these include the common terminal line dicipline as well +disciplines; these include the common terminal line discipline as well as SLIP and PPP modes. All terminal devices are named similarly; this section explains the @@ -3285,7 +3285,7 @@ port TTY, for which no alternate device would exist. Pseudoterminals (PTYs) Pseudoterminals, or PTYs, are used to create login sessions or provide -other capabilities requiring a TTY line dicipline (including SLIP or +other capabilities requiring a TTY line discipline (including SLIP or PPP capability) to arbitrary data-generation processes. Each PTY has a master side, named /dev/pty[p-za-e][0-9a-f], and a slave side, named /dev/tty[p-za-e][0-9a-f]. The kernel arbitrates the use of PTYs by |
