[PATCH v2] Documentation: fb: udlfb: clean up text and formatting

Randy Dunlap rdunlap at infradead.org
Sun Aug 28 19:25:01 UTC 2022


Clean up punctuation, spelling, and formatting for command line usage
and modprobe config file usage in udlfb.rst.

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap at infradead.org>
Cc: Bernie Thompson <bernie at plugable.com>
Cc: linux-fbdev at vger.kernel.org
Cc: dri-devel at lists.freedesktop.org
Cc: Helge Deller <deller at gmx.de>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet at lwn.net>
Cc: linux-doc at vger.kernel.org
Cc: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme at gmail.com>
---
v2: use some text suggestions from Bagas Sanjaya (Thanks);
    add a '.' at the end of a sentence.

 Documentation/fb/udlfb.rst |   23 +++++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

--- a/Documentation/fb/udlfb.rst
+++ b/Documentation/fb/udlfb.rst
@@ -86,17 +86,24 @@ Module Options
 Special configuration for udlfb is usually unnecessary. There are a few
 options, however.
 
-From the command line, pass options to modprobe
-modprobe udlfb fb_defio=0 console=1 shadow=1
+From the command line, pass options to modprobe::
 
-Or modify options on the fly at /sys/module/udlfb/parameters directory via
-sudo nano fb_defio
-change the parameter in place, and save the file.
+  modprobe udlfb fb_defio=0 console=1 shadow=1
 
-Unplug/replug USB device to apply with new settings
+Or change options on the fly by editing
+/sys/module/udlfb/parameters/PARAMETER_NAME ::
 
-Or for permanent option, create file like /etc/modprobe.d/udlfb.conf with text
-options udlfb fb_defio=0 console=1 shadow=1
+  cd /sys/module/udlfb/parameters
+  ls # to see a list of parameter names
+  sudo nano PARAMETER_NAME
+  # change the parameter in place, and save the file.
+
+Unplug/replug USB device to apply with new settings.
+
+Or to apply options permanently, create a modprobe configuration file
+like /etc/modprobe.d/udlfb.conf with text::
+
+  options udlfb fb_defio=0 console=1 shadow=1
 
 Accepted boolean options:
 


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