From: Scott Robert Ladd <coyote@coyotegulch.com>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>,
Linux Kernel Development <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] PATCH: typo bits
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 07:54:05 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3F17DFDD.6040006@coyotegulch.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1058528165.19558.3.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk>
Alan Cox wrote:
>>>- * It's now support isochronous mode and more effective than hc_sl811.o
>>>+ * It's now support isosynchronous mode and more effective than hc_sl811.o
>>
>>I thought the correct term was `isochronous'...
>
> Perhaps someone can clarify - however isochornus is definitely wrong either way
"Isochronous" is correct; it is a synonym for "isochronal", which means
"uniform in time; of equal duration". That is, I believe, apropos to the
intended meaning of the comment above.
"Isosynchronous" does not appear in any of my dictionaries.
--
Scott Robert Ladd
Coyote Gulch Productions (http://www.coyotegulch.com)
Software Invention for High-Performance Computing
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-07-18 11:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
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2003-07-18 10:22 ` [PATCH] PATCH: typo bits Geert Uytterhoeven
2003-07-18 11:36 ` Alan Cox
2003-07-18 11:48 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2003-07-18 11:54 ` Scott Robert Ladd [this message]
2003-07-18 13:29 ` Andries Brouwer
2003-07-18 14:33 ` Randy.Dunlap
2003-07-18 15:04 ` Andries Brouwer
2003-07-18 15:23 ` Alan Cox
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