diff --git a/chapter08/groff.xml b/chapter08/groff.xml
index 1b0870d9d..e5ae875f3 100644
--- a/chapter08/groff.xml
+++ b/chapter08/groff.xml
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@
groff
- A front-end to the groff document formatting system; normally, it
+ A front end to the groff document formatting system; normally, it
runs the troff program and a post-processor
appropriate for the selected device
diff --git a/chapter08/grub.xml b/chapter08/grub.xml
index 831041635..04fbef91b 100644
--- a/chapter08/grub.xml
+++ b/chapter08/grub.xml
@@ -209,8 +209,8 @@ mv -v /etc/bash_completion.d/grub /usr/share/bash-completion/completions
grub-macbless
- Is the Mac-style bless for HFS or HFS+ files (bless
- is peculiar to Apple machiines; it makes a device bootable)
+ Is the Mac-style bless for HFS or HFS+ file systems (bless
+ is peculiar to Apple machines; it makes a device bootable)
grub-macbless
diff --git a/chapter08/iproute2.xml b/chapter08/iproute2.xml
index 25e7e81be..d57e4725c 100644
--- a/chapter08/iproute2.xml
+++ b/chapter08/iproute2.xml
@@ -42,12 +42,12 @@
Installation of IPRoute2
The arpd program included in this package will not
- be built since it is dependent on Berkeley DB, which is not installed in
- LFS. However, a directory for arpd and a man page will still
- be installed. Prevent this by running the commands below.
- If the arpd binary is needed,
- instructions for compiling Berkeley DB can be found in the BLFS Book at
- .
+ be built since it depends on Berkeley DB, which is not installed in
+ LFS. However, a directory and a man page for arpd will still
+ be installed. Prevent this by running the commands shown below.
+ (If the arpd program is needed,
+ instructions for compiling Berkeley DB can be found in the BLFS book at
+ .)
sed -i /ARPD/d Makefile
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ cp -v COPYING README* /usr/share/doc/iproute2-&iproute2-version;
genl
- Generic netlink utility frontend
+ Generic netlink utility front end
genl
@@ -140,9 +140,9 @@ cp -v COPYING README* /usr/share/doc/iproute2-&iproute2-version;ifcfg
A shell script wrapper for the ip command
- [Note that it requires the arping and
+ (Note that this script requires the arping and
rdisk programs from the
- iputils package found at .]
+ iputils package found at .)
ifcfg
@@ -152,8 +152,8 @@ cp -v COPYING README* /usr/share/doc/iproute2-&iproute2-version;
ifstat
- Shows the interface statistics, including the amount of
- transmitted and received packets by interface
+ Shows interface statistics, including the number of
+ packets transmitted and received, by interface
ifstat
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ cp -v COPYING README* /usr/share/doc/iproute2-&iproute2-version;
ip
- The main executable. It has several different functions:
+ The main executable. It has several different functions, including these:
ip link <device>
allows users to look at the state of devices and to make changes
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ cp -v COPYING README* /usr/share/doc/iproute2-&iproute2-version;
nstat
- Shows network statistics
+ Displays network statistics
nstat
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ cp -v COPYING README* /usr/share/doc/iproute2-&iproute2-version;
routef
- A component of ip route. This is for flushing
+ A component of ip route, for flushing
the routing tables
routef
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ cp -v COPYING README* /usr/share/doc/iproute2-&iproute2-version;
routel
- A component of ip route. This is for listing
+ A component of ip route, for listing
the routing tables
routel
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ cp -v COPYING README* /usr/share/doc/iproute2-&iproute2-version;
rtpr
- Converts the output of ip -o back into a
+ Converts the output of ip -o into a
readable form
rtpr
@@ -295,25 +295,26 @@ cp -v COPYING README* /usr/share/doc/iproute2-&iproute2-version;
+
tc
- Traffic Controlling Executable; this is for Quality Of Service
- (QOS) and Class Of Service (COS) implementations
+ Traffic control for Quality of Service
+ (QoS) and Class of Service (CoS) implementations
- tc qdisc allows users to setup the queueing
+ tc qdisc allows users to set up the queueing
discipline
- tc class allows users to setup classes based
+ tc class allows users to set up classes based
on the queuing discipline scheduling
tc estimator allows users to estimate the
- network flow into a network
+ data flow through a network
- tc filter allows users to setup the QOS/COS
+ tc filter allows users to set up the QoS/CoS
packet filtering
- tc policy allows users to setup the QOS/COS
+ tc policy allows users to set up the QoS/CoS
policies
tc
diff --git a/chapter08/m4.xml b/chapter08/m4.xml
index 13b032a25..14ce93291 100644
--- a/chapter08/m4.xml
+++ b/chapter08/m4.xml
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ echo "#define _IO_IN_BACKUP 0x100" >> lib/stdio-impl.h
m4 has built-in functions for including named
files, running Unix commands, performing integer arithmetic,
manipulating text, recursion, etc. The m4 program
- can be used either as a front-end to a compiler or as a macro processor
+ can be used either as a front end to a compiler or as a macro processor
in its own right
m4