Documentation: Corrected typos

doc/connection.rst

@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ Connection Types
     ``adb`` is part of the Android SDK (though stand-alone versions are also
     available).
 
-    :param device: The name of the adb divice. This is usually a unique hex
+    :param device: The name of the adb device. This is usually a unique hex
                    string for USB-connected devices, or an ip address/port
                    combination. To see connected devices, you can run ``adb
                    devices`` on the host.
@@ -126,21 +126,21 @@ Connection Types
                     .. note:: ``keyfile`` and ``password`` can't be specified
                               at the same time.
 
-    :param port: TCP port on which SSH server is litening on the remoted device.
+    :param port: TCP port on which SSH server is listening on the remote device.
                  Omit to use the default port.
     :param timeout: Timeout for the connection in seconds. If a connection
                     cannot be established within this time, an error will be
                     raised.
     :param password_prompt: A string with the password prompt used by
                             ``sshpass``. Set this if your version of ``sshpass``
-                            uses somethin other than ``"[sudo] password"``.
+                            uses something other than ``"[sudo] password"``.
 
 
 .. class:: TelnetConnection(host, username, password=None, port=None,\
                             timeout=None, password_prompt=None,\
                             original_prompt=None)
 
-    A connectioned to a device on the network over Telenet.
+    A connection to a device on the network over Telenet.
 
     .. note:: Since Telenet protocol is does not support file transfer, scp is
               used for that purpose.
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ Connection Types
                                ``sshpass`` utility must be installed on the
                                system.
 
-    :param port: TCP port on which SSH server is litening on the remoted device.
+    :param port: TCP port on which SSH server is listening on the remote device.
                  Omit to use the default port.
     :param timeout: Timeout for the connection in seconds. If a connection
                     cannot be established within this time, an error will be

doc/instrumentation.rst

@@ -114,14 +114,14 @@ Instrument
    :class:`Measurement` objects (one for each active channel).
 
    .. note:: This method is only implemented by :class:`Instrument`\ s that
-             support ``INSTANTANEOUS`` measurment.
+             support ``INSTANTANEOUS`` measurement.
 
 .. method:: Instrument.start()
 
    Starts collecting measurements from ``active_channels``.
 
    .. note:: This method is only implemented by :class:`Instrument`\ s that
-             support ``CONTINUOUS`` measurment.
+             support ``CONTINUOUS`` measurement.
 
 .. method:: Instrument.stop()
 
@@ -129,14 +129,14 @@ Instrument
    :func:`start()`.
 
    .. note:: This method is only implemented by :class:`Instrument`\ s that
-             support ``CONTINUOUS`` measurment.
+             support ``CONTINUOUS`` measurement.
 
 .. method:: Instrument.get_data(outfile)
 
    Write collected data into ``outfile``. Must be called after :func:`stop()`.
    Data will be written in CSV format with a column for each channel and a row
    for each sample. Column heading will be channel, labels in the form
-   ``<site>_<kind>`` (see :class:`InstrumentChannel`). The order of the coluns
+   ``<site>_<kind>`` (see :class:`InstrumentChannel`). The order of the columns
    will be the same as the order of channels in ``Instrument.active_channels``.
 
    This returns a :class:`MeasurementCsv` instance associated with the outfile
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ Instrument
    returned by ``take_measurement()``.
 
    .. note:: This method is only implemented by :class:`Instrument`\ s that
-             support ``CONTINUOUS`` measurment.
+             support ``CONTINUOUS`` measurement.
 
 .. attribute:: Instrument.sample_rate_hz
 
@@ -163,16 +163,16 @@ Instrument Channel
    ``site`` and a ``measurement_type``.
 
    A ``site`` indicates where  on the target a measurement is collected from
-   (e.g. a volage rail or location of a sensor).
+   (e.g. a voltage rail or location of a sensor).
 
    A ``measurement_type`` is an instance of :class:`MeasurmentType` that
-   describes what sort of measurment this is (power, temperature, etc). Each
+   describes what sort of measurement this is (power, temperature, etc). Each
-   mesurement type has a standard unit it is reported in, regardless of an
+   measurement type has a standard unit it is reported in, regardless of an
    instrument used to collect it.
 
    A channel (i.e. site/measurement_type combination) is unique per instrument,
    however there may be more than one channel associated with one site (e.g. for
-   both volatage and power).
+   both voltage and power).
 
    It should not be assumed that any site/measurement_type combination is valid.
    The list of available channels can queried with
@@ -180,22 +180,22 @@ Instrument Channel
 
 .. attribute:: InstrumentChannel.site
 
-   The name of the "site" from which the measurments are collected (e.g. voltage
+   The name of the "site" from which the measurements are collected (e.g. voltage
    rail, sensor, etc).
 
 .. attribute:: InstrumentChannel.kind
 
-   A string indingcating the type of measrument that will be collted. This is
+   A string indicating the type of measurement that will be collected. This is
    the ``name`` of the :class:`MeasurmentType` associated with this channel.
 
 .. attribute:: InstrumentChannel.units
 
-   Units in which measurment will be reported. this is determined by the
+   Units in which measurement will be reported. this is determined by the
    underlying :class:`MeasurmentType`.
 
 .. attribute:: InstrumentChannel.label
 
-   A label that can be attached to measurments associated with with channel.
+   A label that can be attached to measurements associated with with channel.
    This is constructed with ::
 
        '{}_{}'.format(self.site, self.kind)

doc/modules.rst

@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ policies (governors). The ``devlib`` module exposes the following interface
 cpuidle
 -------
 
-``cpufreq`` is the kernel subsystem for managing CPU low power (idle) states.
+``cpuidle`` is the kernel subsystem for managing CPU low power (idle) states.
 
 .. method:: target.cpuidle.get_driver()
 
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ Every module (ultimately) derives from :class:`Module` class.  A module must
 define the following class attributes:
 
 :name: A unique name for the module. This cannot clash with any of the existing
-       names and must be a valid Python identifier, but is otherwise free-from.
+       names and must be a valid Python identifier, but is otherwise free-form.
 :kind: This identifies the type of functionality a module implements, which in
        turn determines the interface implemented by the module (all modules of
        the same kind must expose a consistent interface). This must be a valid

doc/overview.rst

@@ -74,13 +74,13 @@ This sets up the target for ``devlib`` interaction. This includes creating
 working directories, deploying busybox, etc. It's usually enough to do this once
 for a new device, as the changes this makes will persist across reboots.
 However, there is no issue with calling this multiple times, so, to be on the
-safe site, it's a good idea to call this once at the beginning of your scripts.
+safe side, it's a good idea to call this once at the beginning of your scripts.
 
 Command Execution
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 There are several ways to execute a command on the target. In each case, a
-:class:`TargetError` will be raised if something goes wrong. In very case, it is
+:class:`TargetError` will be raised if something goes wrong. In each case, it is
 also possible to specify ``as_root=True`` if the specified command should be
 executed as root.
 
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ Process Control
    # kill all running instances of a process.
    t.killall('badexe', signal=signal.SIGKILL)
 
-   # List processes running on the target. This retruns a list of parsed
+   # List processes running on the target. This returns a list of parsed
    # PsEntry records.
    entries = t.ps()
    # e.g.  print virtual memory sizes of all running sshd processes:

doc/platform.rst

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ it was not specified explicitly by the user.
     :param core_names: A list of CPU core names in the order they appear
                        registered with the OS. If they are not specified,
                        they will be queried at run time.
-    :param core_clusters: Alist with cluster ids of each core (starting with
+    :param core_clusters: A list with cluster ids of each core (starting with
                           0). If this is not specified, clusters will be
                           inferred from core names (cores with the same name are
                           assumed to be in a cluster).
@@ -38,13 +38,13 @@ Versatile Express
 The generic platform may be extended to support hardware- or
 infrastructure-specific functionality. Platforms exist for ARM
 VersatileExpress-based :class:`Juno` and :class:`TC2` development boards. In
-addition to the standard :class:`Platform` parameters above, these platfroms
+addition to the standard :class:`Platform` parameters above, these platforms
 support additional configuration:
 
 
 .. class:: VersatileExpressPlatform
 
-    Normally, this would be instatiated via one of its derived classes
+    Normally, this would be instantiated via one of its derived classes
     (:class:`Juno` or :class:`TC2`) that set appropriate defaults for some of
     the parameters.
 
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ support additional configuration:
                         mounted on the host system.
     :param hard_reset_method: Specifies the method for hard-resetting the devices
                             (e.g. if it becomes unresponsive and normal reboot
-                            method doesn not work). Currently supported methods
+                            method doesn't not work). Currently supported methods
                             are:
 
                             :dtr: reboot by toggling DTR line on the serial
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ support additional configuration:
                       The following values are currently supported:
 
                        :uefi: Boot via UEFI menu, by selecting the entry
-                              specified by ``uefi_entry`` paramter. If this
+                              specified by ``uefi_entry`` parameter. If this
                               entry does not exist, it will be automatically
                               created based on values provided for ``image``,
                               ``initrd``, ``fdt``, and ``bootargs`` parameters.

doc/target.rst

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Target
         by the connection's account). This location will be created, 
         if necessary, during ``setup()``.
 
-        This location does *not* to be same as the system's executables
+        This location does *not* need to be same as the system's executables
         location. In fact, to prevent devlib from overwriting system's defaults,
         it better if this is a separate location, if possible.
 
@@ -83,12 +83,12 @@ Target
 
 .. attribute:: Target.big_core
 
-   This is the name of the cores that the "big"s in an ARM big.LITTLE
+   This is the name of the cores that are the "big"s in an ARM big.LITTLE
    configuration. This is obtained via the underlying :class:`Platform`.
 
 .. attribute:: Target.little_core
 
-   This is the name of the cores that the "little"s in an ARM big.LITTLE
+   This is the name of the cores that are the "little"s in an ARM big.LITTLE
    configuration. This is obtained via the underlying :class:`Platform`.
 
 .. attribute:: Target.is_connected
@@ -440,12 +440,12 @@ Target
 
 .. method:: Target.extract(path, dest=None)
 
-   Extracts the specified archive/file and returns the path to the extrated
+   Extracts the specified archive/file and returns the path to the extracted
    contents. The extraction method is determined based on the file extension.
    ``zip``, ``tar``, ``gzip``, and ``bzip2`` are supported.
 
    :param dest: Specified an on-target destination directory (which must exist)
-                for the extrated contents.
+                for the extracted contents.
 
     Returns the path to the extracted contents. In case of files (gzip and
     bzip2), the path to the decompressed file is returned; for archives, the