linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] docs: driver-api: fix spelling of "buses".

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Message-ID: <87wm5v7ltm.fsf@trenco.lwn.net>
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2025 10:43:49 -0600
From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To: Marneni PoornaChandu <poornachandumarneni@...il.com>
Cc: linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com, corey@...yard.net,
 sakari.ailus@...ux.intel.com, mchehab@...nel.org,
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 PoornaChandu <Poornachandumarneni@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: driver-api: fix spelling of "buses".

Marneni PoornaChandu <poornachandumarneni@...il.com> writes:

> Replace incorrect plural form "busses" with "buses" in
> multiple documentation files under "Documentation/driver-api".
>
> Signed-off-by: Marneni PoornaChandu <Poornachandumarneni@...il.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/driver-api/device-io.rst             | 4 ++--
>  Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/overview.rst | 2 +-
>  Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/platform.rst | 2 +-
>  Documentation/driver-api/eisa.rst                  | 6 +++---
>  Documentation/driver-api/i3c/protocol.rst          | 4 ++--
>  Documentation/driver-api/ipmi.rst                  | 4 ++--
>  Documentation/driver-api/media/tx-rx.rst           | 4 ++--
>  Documentation/driver-api/nvdimm/nvdimm.rst         | 2 +-
>  Documentation/driver-api/pm/devices.rst            | 4 ++--
>  Documentation/driver-api/scsi.rst                  | 4 ++--
>  Documentation/driver-api/spi.rst                   | 2 +-
>  Documentation/driver-api/usb/hotplug.rst           | 2 +-
>  Documentation/driver-api/usb/usb.rst               | 4 ++--
>  13 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)

"Busses" is considered to be a legitimate spelling as well.  I have gone
ahead and applied this in the hope that it will reduce the temptation
for others to "fix" it, but this kind of change in general is a sort of
churn that does not really help the kernel project.  Thanks for working
to improve our documentation, but I do hope that you will find more
useful improvements going forward.

Thanks,

jon