linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] arch/alpha: fix typo in a comment in arch/alpha/boot/bootpz.c

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Date:   Wed, 20 Jan 2021 17:37:07 +0100
From:   John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@...sik.fu-berlin.de>
To:     Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        ChunyouTang <tangchunyou@....com>, ink@...assic.park.msu.ru,
        mattst88@...il.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, rppt@...nel.org
Cc:     linux-alpha@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        zhangwen@...ong.com, tangchunyou@...ong.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arch/alpha: fix typo in a comment in
 arch/alpha/boot/bootpz.c

On 1/20/21 5:20 PM, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> On 1/20/21 5:34 AM, ChunyouTang wrote:
>> From: tangchunyou <tangchunyou@...ong.com>
>>
>> "kerne" -> "kernel"
>>
>> Signed-off-by: tangchunyou <tangchunyou@...ong.com>
>> ---
>>  arch/alpha/boot/bootpz.c | 2 +-
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/alpha/boot/bootpz.c b/arch/alpha/boot/bootpz.c
>> index 43af718..61b61be 100644
>> --- a/arch/alpha/boot/bootpz.c
>> +++ b/arch/alpha/boot/bootpz.c
>> @@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ extern int decompress_kernel(void* destination, void *source,
>>  	START_ADDR	KSEG address of the entry point of kernel code.
>>  
>>  	ZERO_PGE	KSEG address of page full of zeroes, but 
>> -			upon entry to kerne cvan be expected
>> +			upon entry to kernel cvan be expected
> 
> s/cvan/can/ also

Right. Reading the whole paragraph helps. It probably should be:

ZERO_PGE	KSEG address of page full of zeroes, but
		upon entry to kernel, it can be expected
		to hold the parameter list and possible
		INTRD information.

Adrian

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