From: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: x86-ml <x86@kernel.org>, lkml <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] x86/cpu for v5.16
Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2021 06:42:06 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <YYDPrpg8CvILId0A@zn.tnic> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAHk-=wijTDq+_TQtk9NdRi7AyDpmhvtMzs5=jvPJvNT6qA3HkA@mail.gmail.com>
On Mon, Nov 01, 2021 at 03:44:46PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> "a.o."? Is that a common German shorthand, possibly anglicized?
Haha, exactly. :-)
> I'm assuming - and rewrote it - that it stands for "or similar".
Apparently, the "proper" thing to write is https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/i.a.
> Possibly "among other" aka "inter alia"? Very occasionally shortened
> "i.a.", although "e.g." is the _much_ more common form of much the
> same thing.
Yeah, I saw "e.g." being suggested also for "among others".
> Never seen that "a.o." thing.
Sorry about that - I'll make sure to avoid such misguided abbreviations
in the future. We have enough confusion as it is - no reason for me to
add more.
--
Regards/Gruss,
Boris.
SUSE Software Solutions Germany GmbH, GF: Ivo Totev, HRB 36809, AG Nürnberg
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2021-11-01 10:29 [GIT PULL] x86/cpu for v5.16 Borislav Petkov
2021-11-01 22:44 ` Linus Torvalds
2021-11-02 5:42 ` Borislav Petkov [this message]
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