linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2.6.18 V6] drivers: add lcd display support

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Date:	Sun, 1 Oct 2006 09:40:53 -0700
From:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>
To:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
Cc:	Miguel Ojeda <maxextreme@...il.com>, akpm@...l.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.18 V6] drivers: add lcd display support

On Sun, 01 Oct 2006 10:20:41 +0200 Stefan Richter wrote:

> Randy Dunlap wrote:
> > On Sat, 30 Sep 2006 22:45:56 +0000 Miguel Ojeda wrote:
> ...
> >> 	tristate "CFAG12864B LCD Display"
> > 
> > That seems very common to me.
> 
> It is as common as it is wrong. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAS_Syndrome
> 
> ...
> >> LCDisplay??
> 
> A contraction like LCDisplay, like my suggested lcdisplay for the path
> name, is IMO not suitable for use in normal written language. Use it at
> most for path names where we contract words into one or would write
> lc-display or lc_display.
> 
> > I would continue to use LCD display (small d).
> 
> Still wrong language.
> 
> "LCD" and "LC display" are correct.

whatever.
I've never heard anyone speak of or write about an LC display.

---
~Randy
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