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* [PATCH] Documentation/ABI: correct possessive "its" typos
@ 2022-08-01  2:52 Randy Dunlap
  2022-08-29 17:04 ` Jonathan Corbet
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Randy Dunlap @ 2022-08-01  2:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-kernel, linux-doc; +Cc: Randy Dunlap, Jonathan Corbet, Greg Kroah-Hartman

Correct all uses of "it's" that are meant to be possessive "its".

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
---
 Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-bcma           |    2 +-
 Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-fcoe           |    2 +-
 Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio-proximity  |    2 +-
 Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu |    2 +-
 Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-power              |    2 +-
 5 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ Description:	Processor frequency boostin
 
 		This switch controls the boost setting for the whole system.
 		Boosting allows the CPU and the firmware to run at a frequency
-		beyond it's nominal limit.
+		beyond its nominal limit.
 
 		More details can be found in
 		Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpufreq.rst
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-fcoe
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-fcoe
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Description:	'FCoE Controller' instances
 		1) Write interface name to ctlr_create 2) Configure the FCoE
 		Controller (ctlr_X) 3) Enable the FCoE Controller to begin
 		discovery and login. The FCoE Controller is destroyed by
-		writing it's name, i.e. ctlr_X to the ctlr_delete file.
+		writing its name, i.e. ctlr_X to the ctlr_delete file.
 
 Attributes:
 
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-bcma
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-bcma
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Date:		May 2011
 KernelVersion:	3.0
 Contact:	Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@gmail.com>
 Description:
-		Each BCMA core has it's manufacturer id. See
+		Each BCMA core has its manufacturer id. See
 		include/linux/bcma/bcma.h for possible values.
 
 What:		/sys/bus/bcma/devices/.../id
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio-proximity
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio-proximity
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Description:
 		on the signal from which time of flight measurements are
 		taken.
 		The appropriate values to take is dependent on both the
-		sensor and it's operating environment:
+		sensor and its operating environment:
 		* as3935 (0-31 range)
 		18 = indoors (default)
 		14 = outdoors
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-power
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-power
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ Description:
 		case further investigation is required to determine which
 		device is causing the problem.  Note that genuine RTC clock
 		values (such as when pm_trace has not been used), can still
-		match a device and output it's name here.
+		match a device and output its name here.
 
 What:		/sys/power/pm_async
 Date:		January 2009

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* Re: [PATCH] Documentation/ABI: correct possessive "its" typos
  2022-08-01  2:52 [PATCH] Documentation/ABI: correct possessive "its" typos Randy Dunlap
@ 2022-08-29 17:04 ` Jonathan Corbet
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Jonathan Corbet @ 2022-08-29 17:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Randy Dunlap, linux-kernel, linux-doc; +Cc: Randy Dunlap, Greg Kroah-Hartman

Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> writes:

> Correct all uses of "it's" that are meant to be possessive "its".
>
> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
> ---
>  Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-bcma           |    2 +-
>  Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-fcoe           |    2 +-
>  Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio-proximity  |    2 +-
>  Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu |    2 +-
>  Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-power              |    2 +-
>  5 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

I stumbled across this languishing in my docs folder.  Applied, now,
thanks.

jon

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