Many pages: wfix

Refer consistently to software versions.  In most cases, it is done as
<software> <version>.  In the case of Linux and glibc, use the project
name, instead of other terms such as 'kernel' or 'library'.

I found the uses of inconsistent language with the following:

$ find man* -type f \
| xargs grep -i '\(since\|before\|after\|until\|to\|from\|in\|between\|version\|with\) \(kernel\|version\|2\.\|3\.\|4\.\|5\.\)' \
| sort

However, I might have missed some cases.  Anyway, 99% consistency is
pretty good consistency.  We'll fix the remaining cases as we see them.

Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>

8 files changed, 24 insertions, 24 deletions

diff --git a/man4/cciss.4 b/man4/cciss.4
index cfc57efc0..a0ee99c1a 100644
--- a/man4/cciss.4
+++ b/man4/cciss.4
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ modprobe cciss [ cciss_allow_hpsa=1 ]
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .\" commit 253d2464df446456c0bba5ed4137a7be0b278aa8
 .BR Note :
-This obsolete driver was removed from the kernel in version 4.14,
+This obsolete driver was removed in Linux 4.14,
 as it is superseded by the
 .BR hpsa (4)
 driver in newer kernels.
diff --git a/man4/console_codes.4 b/man4/console_codes.4
index 72e978757..880df050b 100644
--- a/man4/console_codes.4
+++ b/man4/console_codes.4
@@ -774,10 +774,10 @@ scripts which exercise other features.
 ESC 8 (DECRC) is not able to restore the character set changed with
 ESC %.
 .SH BUGS
-In 2.0.23, CSI is broken, and NUL is not ignored inside
+In Linux 2.0.23, CSI is broken, and NUL is not ignored inside
 escape sequences.
 .PP
-Some older kernel versions (after 2.0) interpret 8-bit control
+Some older kernel versions (after Linux 2.0) interpret 8-bit control
 sequences.
 These "C1 controls" use codes between 128 and 159 to replace
 ESC [, ESC ] and similar two-byte control sequence initiators.
diff --git a/man4/lirc.4 b/man4/lirc.4
index 30797a679..68f665fc7 100644
--- a/man4/lirc.4
+++ b/man4/lirc.4
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ The driver supports setting the receive carrier frequency using
 .BR LIRC_SET_REC_CARRIER .
 Any
 .B lirc
-device since the drivers were merged in kernel release 2.6.36
+device since the drivers were merged in Linux 2.6.36
 must have
 .B LIRC_CAN_SET_REC_CARRIER_RANGE
 set if
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ or
 .SH BUGS
 Using these devices requires the kernel source header file
 .IR lirc.h .
-This file is not available before kernel release 4.6.
+This file is not available before Linux 4.6.
 Users of older kernels could use the file bundled in
 .UR http://www.lirc.org
 .UE .
diff --git a/man4/random.4 b/man4/random.4
index 12c859248..38396b667 100644
--- a/man4/random.4
+++ b/man4/random.4
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ from
 .I /dev/random
 will return at most 512 bytes
 .\" SEC_XFER_SIZE in drivers/char/random.c
-(340 bytes on Linux kernels before version 2.6.12).
+(340 bytes before Linux 2.6.12).
 .PP
 Writing to \fI/dev/random\fP or \fI/dev/urandom\fP will update the
 entropy pool with the data written, but this will not result in a
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ returns the size of the entropy pool in bits (see below).
 .SS /proc interfaces
 The files in the directory
 .I /proc/sys/kernel/random
-(present since 2.3.16) provide additional information about the
+(present since Linux 2.3.16) provide additional information about the
 .I /dev/random
 device:
 .TP
diff --git a/man4/sk98lin.4 b/man4/sk98lin.4
index 6801b9ea1..481ff6956 100644
--- a/man4/sk98lin.4
+++ b/man4/sk98lin.4
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ sk98lin \- Marvell/SysKonnect Gigabit Ethernet driver v6.21
 .ad l
 .hy 0
 .BR Note :
-This obsolete driver was removed from the kernel in version 2.6.26.
+This obsolete driver was removed in Linux 2.6.26.
 .PP
 .B sk98lin
 is the Gigabit Ethernet driver for
diff --git a/man4/st.4 b/man4/st.4
index 68ea2ff40..dc8621e39 100644
--- a/man4/st.4
+++ b/man4/st.4
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ There is no corresponding block device.
 .PP
 The driver uses an internal buffer that has to be large enough to hold
 at least one tape block.
-In kernels before 2.1.121, the buffer is
+Before Linux 2.1.121, the buffer is
 allocated as one contiguous block.
 This limits the block size to the
 largest contiguous block of memory the kernel allocator can provide.
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ In addition to this, the driver tries to allocate a larger temporary
 buffer at run time if necessary.
 However, run-time allocation of large
 contiguous blocks of memory may fail and it is advisable not to rely
-too much on dynamic buffer allocation with kernels older than 2.1.121
+too much on dynamic buffer allocation before Linux 2.1.121
 (this applies also to demand-loading the driver with kerneld or kmod).
 .PP
 The driver does not specifically support any tape drive brand or
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ Device
 is usually created as a hard or soft link to the default tape device
 on the system.
 .PP
-Starting from kernel 2.6.2, the driver exports in the sysfs directory
+Starting from Linux 2.6.2, the driver exports in the sysfs directory
 .I /sys/class/scsi_tape
 the attached devices and some parameters assigned to the devices.
 .SS Data transfer
@@ -177,13 +177,13 @@ byte count, an error is returned.
 In fixed-block mode the read byte counts can be arbitrary if
 buffering is enabled, or a multiple of the tape block size if
 buffering is disabled.
-Kernels before 2.1.121 allow writes with
+Before Linux 2.1.121 allow writes with
 arbitrary byte count if buffering is enabled.
 In all other cases
-(kernel before 2.1.121 with buffering disabled or newer kernel) the
+(before Linux 2.1.121 with buffering disabled or newer kernel) the
 write byte count must be a multiple of the tape block size.
 .PP
-In the 2.6 kernel, the driver tries to use direct transfers between the user
+In Linux 2.6, the driver tries to use direct transfers between the user
 buffer and the device.
 If this is not possible, the driver's internal buffer
 is used.
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ Go to the end of the recorded media (for appending files).
 .TP
 .B MTERASE
 Erase tape.
-With 2.6 kernel, short erase (mark tape empty) is performed if the
+With Linux 2.6, short erase (mark tape empty) is performed if the
 argument is zero.
 Otherwise, long erase (erase all) is done.
 .TP
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ is positive, it gives the size of partition 1 and partition
 If
 .I mt_count
 is zero, the tape is formatted into one partition.
-From kernel version 4.6,
+From Linux 4.6,
 .\" commit 8038e6456a3e6f5c4759e0d73c4f9165b90c93e7
 a negative
 .I mt_count
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ Set various drive and driver options according to bits encoded in
 .IR mt_count .
 These consist of the drive's buffering mode, a set of Boolean driver
 options, the buffer write threshold, defaults for the block size and
-density, and timeouts (only in kernels 2.1 and later).
+density, and timeouts (only since Linux 2.1).
 A single operation can affect only one item in the list below (the
 Booleans counted as one item.)
 .IP
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ to instruct the driver not to use the command.
 The end result is that,
 with read-ahead and fixed-block mode, the tape may not be correctly
 positioned within a file when the device is closed.
-With 2.6 kernel, the
+With Linux 2.6, the
 default is true for drives supporting SCSI-3.
 .TP
 .BR MT_ST_NO_BLKLIMS " (Default: false)"
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ and the default density code can be set with
 The values for the parameters are or'ed
 with the operation code.
 .PP
-With kernels 2.1.x and later, the timeout values can be set with the
+With Linux 2.1.x and later, the timeout values can be set with the
 subcommand
 .B MT_ST_SET_TIMEOUT
 ORed with the timeout in seconds.
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ practical values for a specific drive.
 The timeouts set for one device
 apply for all devices linked to the same drive.
 .PP
-Starting from kernels 2.4.19 and 2.5.43, the driver supports a status
+Starting from Linux 2.4.19 and Linux 2.5.43, the driver supports a status
 bit which indicates whether the drive requests cleaning.
 The method used by the
 drive to return cleaning information is set using the
@@ -771,7 +771,7 @@ the drive is set not to buffer data.
 .TP
 \fBGMT_CLN\fP(\fIx\fP)
 The drive has requested cleaning.
-Implemented in kernels since 2.4.19 and 2.5.43.
+Implemented since Linux 2.4.19 and Linux 2.5.43.
 .RE
 .TP
 \fImt_erreg\fP
@@ -848,7 +848,7 @@ The requested operation could not be completed.
 The byte count in
 .BR read (2)
 is smaller than the next physical block on the tape.
-(Before 2.2.18 and 2.4.0 the extra bytes have been
+(Before Linux 2.2.18 and Linux 2.4.0 the extra bytes have been
 .\" Precisely: Linux 2.6.0-test6
 silently ignored.)
 .TP
diff --git a/man4/vcs.4 b/man4/vcs.4
index 9bda05d74..12ad4b500 100644
--- a/man4/vcs.4
+++ b/man4/vcs.4
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ requests are supported.
 .\" .SH AUTHOR
 .\" Andries Brouwer <aeb@cwi.nl>
 .SH VERSIONS
-Introduced with version 1.1.92 of the Linux kernel.
+Introduced with Linux 1.1.92.
 .SH EXAMPLES
 You may do a screendump on vt3 by switching to vt1 and typing
 .PP
diff --git a/man4/wavelan.4 b/man4/wavelan.4
index 45ac95f46..e5c5c7d9c 100644
--- a/man4/wavelan.4
+++ b/man4/wavelan.4
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ wavelan \- AT&T GIS WaveLAN ISA device driver
 .fi
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .I This driver is obsolete:
-it was removed from the kernel in version 2.6.35.
+it was removed in Linux 2.6.35.
 .PP
 .B wavelan
 is the low-level device driver for the NCR / AT&T / Lucent