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

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Date:	Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:02:55 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
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]

Yinghai Lu wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 2:37 PM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com> wrote:
>>>
>> 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?
> 

I would prefer "mtrr-cleanup-debug" if the main one is "mtrr-cleanup"; 
mixing dashes and underscores is a bit sick.  Unfortunately we have had 
very few attempts at consistency with command line options... some in 
the early days were even StudlyCaps (yuck...)

	-hpa
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