linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] Fix typos

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Date:	Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:00:38 -0700
From:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
To:	Lucas De Marchi <lucas.de.marchi@...il.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] Fix typos

On 09/02/10 12:31, Lucas De Marchi wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 16:18, Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'd take most of the corrections in Documentation/, but in general,
>> I don't think that it's a good idea without some careful review.
> 
> I plan to review it if it's indeed worth fixing those typos. I already
> fixed several false positives like  "rela" being changed to "real",
> but since it's a 1.8 MB patch I think it's better to ask first before
> making any other review.
> 
>>
>> E.g.:
>>
>> 1.  changing thru to through isn't needed IMO.
>> Can you add "thru" to your dictionary?
> Yes, no problem
> 
>>
>> 2.
>> -(Warning, pulses on ACK ar inverted by transistor, irq is rised up on sync
>> +(Warning, pulses on ACK ar inverted by transistor, irq is rose up on sync
>>
> Humn.. indeed this seems to be a bad typo in my dictionary.
> 
>> I'm not so sure about "is rose up" being better.  and what about "ar"?
> 
> I'm only changing words with 3 chars or more, because otherwise I
> would have a lot of false positives, but I think I can add this word
> without much trouble.
> 

Mike's suggested change is good here.

>>
>> I saw a few others that I could comment on, but I lost them in the 1.8 MB patch file.
> 
> If you say it's good, I can review it more carefully.

It looks good for Documentation/.

And fixing typos is certainly something that we want to do in
user-visible messages, like printk strings.


-- 
~Randy
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