@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ hardware before passing control to software such as an operating system,
1313bootloader, or hypervisor. Bootloaders and hypervisors can, in turn,
1414load and transfer control to operating systems. Standard, consistent
1515interfaces and conventions facilitate the interactions between these
16- software components. In this document the term boot program is used to
16+ software components. In this document the term * boot program * is used to
1717generically refer to a software component that initializes the system
1818state and executes another software component referred to as a *client
19- program *. Examples of a boot programs include: firmware, bootloaders, and
19+ program *. Examples of a boot program include: firmware, bootloaders, and
2020hypervisors. Examples of a client program include: bootloaders,
2121hypervisors, operating systems, and special purpose programs. A piece of
2222software may be both a client program and a boot program (e.g. a hypervisor).
@@ -101,14 +101,14 @@ IEEE 1275 specification that are omitted from the |spec| include:
101101* FCode debugging
102102* Operating system debugging
103103
104- What is retained from IEEE- 1275 are concepts from the devicetree
104+ What is retained from IEEE 1275 are concepts from the devicetree
105105architecture by which a boot program can describe and communicate system
106106hardware information to client program, thus eliminating the need for
107107the client program to have hard-coded descriptions of system hardware.
108108
109109This specification partially supersedes the |epapr | [EPAPR] specification.
110- |epapr | documents how devicetree is used by the PowerISA , and covers both
111- general concepts, as well as PowerISA specific bindings.
110+ |epapr | documents how devicetree is used by the Power ISA , and covers both
111+ general concepts, as well as Power ISA specific bindings.
112112The text of this document was derived from |epapr |, but either removes architecture specific bindings, or moves them into an appendix.
113113
11411432-bit and 64-bit Support
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ Definition of Terms
141141 boot program
142142 Used to generically refer to a software component that initializes
143143 the system state and executes another software component referred to
144- as a client program. Examples of a boot programs include: firmware,
144+ as a client program. Examples of a boot program include: firmware,
145145 bootloaders, and hypervisors.
146146
147147 client program
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