From: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
To: kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Spelling fixes for new people to get involved
Date: Wed, 15 May 2019 12:12:48 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190515121247.GF24212@zn.tnic> (raw)
Hi,
if you grep the kernel tree for the word "compliment":
$ git grep compliment
arch/nios2/include/asm/asm-macros.h:126: * Tests the bit in reg2 and then compliments the bit in reg2.
arch/nios2/include/asm/asm-macros.h:189: * Tests the bit in reg2 and then compliments the bit in reg2.
arch/nios2/include/asm/asm-macros.h:202: * Tests the bit in reg2 and then compliments the bit in reg2.
arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/mobility.c:82: * A negative value is also the two's compliment of the actual value.
drivers/block/rsxx/config.c:48: * Return the compliment of the CRC to ensure compatibility
drivers/block/skd_main.c:2039: /* Note that the compliment of mask is written. A 1-bit means
...
you'll see that in almost all cases, the word the author meant to use
was "complement", with an 'e'.
I think the respective maintainer wouldn't mind a patch fixing that in their
driver/subsystem. :-)
Thx.
--
Regards/Gruss,
Boris.
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