linux-kernel - Re: Typo bug [Re: Linux 2.6.27-rc8]

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Date:	Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:42:30 -0700
From:	"Yinghai Lu" <yinghai@...nel.org>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	"Ingo Molnar" <mingo@...e.hu>,
	"\"J.A. Magallón\"" <jamagallon@....com>,
	Linux-Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Typo bug [Re: Linux 2.6.27-rc8]

On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 2:37 PM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com> wrote:
> Yinghai Lu wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 12:59 PM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Yinghai Lu wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 11:47 AM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Ingo Molnar wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> early_param("enble_mtrr_cleanup", enable_mtrr_cleanup_setup);
>>>>>>>           ^^^^^^
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Nice ;)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> heh. Could you send a patch with a changelog please?
>>>>>
>>>>> These options are also named inconsistently with all other options.
>>>>>
>>>>> The standard way to name an boolean option is "foo" versus "nofoo", in
>>>>> this
>>>>> case, "mtrrcleanup" vs "nomtrrcleanup".
>>>>>
>>>> ok, we could change it...
>>>
>>> If we're fixing a typo anyway I'd suggest so.  We know we're not breaking
>>> anyone's working setup...
>>
>> mtrr_cleanup and no_mtrr_cleanup?
>>
>
> Dashes seem to be used more than underscores, so it probably should be
> "mtrr-cleanup" and "nomtrr-cleanup" if you want a separator.
>

i need to document the mtrr_cleanup_debug too...change it to
mtrrcleanup_debug ? just like initcall_debug?

YH
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