From: Dejin Zheng <zhengdejin5@gmail.com>
To: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: aisheng.dong@nxp.com, festevam@gmail.com, shawnguo@kernel.org,
stefan@agner.ch, kernel@pengutronix.de, linus.walleij@linaro.org,
s.hauer@pengutronix.de, geert+renesas@glider.be,
thierry.reding@gmail.com, jonathanh@nvidia.com,
jun.nie@linaro.org, stephan@gerhold.net,
linux-gpio@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] pinctrl: fix several typos
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2020 22:34:38 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200421143438.GA9613@nuc8i5> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <f54d6f0a6c31ab3911c2b35caef49df340ab1196.camel@perches.com>
On Mon, Apr 20, 2020 at 09:41:09AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Mon, 2020-04-20 at 00:49 +0800, Dejin Zheng wrote:
> > use codespell to fix lots of typos over frontends.
> []
> > diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/nomadik/pinctrl-nomadik-db8500.c b/drivers/pinctrl/nomadik/pinctrl-nomadik-db8500.c
> []
> > @@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ static const unsigned lcdvsi1_a_1_pins[] = { DB8500_PIN_E2 };
> > static const unsigned lcd_d0_d7_a_1_pins[] = {
> > DB8500_PIN_G5, DB8500_PIN_G4, DB8500_PIN_H4, DB8500_PIN_H3,
> > DB8500_PIN_J3, DB8500_PIN_H2, DB8500_PIN_J2, DB8500_PIN_H1 };
> > -/* D8 thru D11 often used as TVOUT lines */
> > +/* D8 through D11 often used as TVOUT lines */
>
> thru is _really_ common and a generally accepted informal
> for through so I suggest this not be changed.
>
> https://www.dictionary.com/browse/thru
> preposition, adverb, adjective
> an informal, simplified spelling of through.
>
> https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thru
> While never extremely common, tho and thru have a long history of
> occasional use as spelling variants of though and through.
>
> Their greatest popularity occurred in the late 19th and early 20th
> centuries, when their adoption was advocated by spelling reformers.
> Their current use occurs chiefly in informal writing (as in personal
> letters) and in some technical journals.
>
Joe, Thanks!
prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-04-21 14:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-04-19 16:49 [PATCH v1] pinctrl: fix several typos Dejin Zheng
2020-04-19 17:10 ` Uwe Kleine-König
2020-04-19 17:54 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2020-04-20 16:41 ` Joe Perches
2020-04-21 14:34 ` Dejin Zheng [this message]
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