[PATCH 07/11] doc: correct grammar in ARM64 cross-compile guide
Stephen Hemminger
stephen at networkplumber.org
Fri Jan 16 22:06:23 CET 2026
Change "files... is" to "files... are" for subject-verb agreement.
Use consistent spelling "toolchain" instead of "tool chain".
Change "distribution" to "distributions" for plural form.
Rephrase "Substitute <target_soc> with" for clarity.
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
---
doc/guides/linux_gsg/cross_build_dpdk_for_arm64.rst | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/cross_build_dpdk_for_arm64.rst b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/cross_build_dpdk_for_arm64.rst
index e4de5c8d18..82dde17c35 100644
--- a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/cross_build_dpdk_for_arm64.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/cross_build_dpdk_for_arm64.rst
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ NUMA is required by most modern machines, not needed for non-NUMA architectures.
using the below guide. If you're using a different compiler,
make sure you're using the proper executable name.
-The numa header files and lib file is generated in the include and lib folder
+The numa header files and lib file are generated in the include and lib folders
respectively under ``<numa install dir>``.
Meson prerequisites
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ provided the cross file has been modified accordingly::
LLVM/Clang toolchain
--------------------
-Obtain the cross tool chain
+Obtain the cross toolchain
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The latest LLVM/Clang cross compiler toolchain can be downloaded from:
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ use the following command to cross-compile DPDK for the target machine::
Cross Compiling DPDK with LLVM/Clang toolchain using Meson on Ubuntu 18.04
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-On most popular Linux distribution it is not necessary to download
+On most popular Linux distributions, it is not necessary to download
the toolchains, but rather use the packages provided by said distributions.
On Ubuntu 18.04, these packages are needed:
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ option::
meson setup soc_build -Dplatform=<target_soc>
-Substitute <target_soc> with one of the supported SoCs
+Replace <target_soc> with one of the supported SoCs.
.. literalinclude:: ../../../config/arm/meson.build
:start-after: Start of SoCs list
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