[PATCH] Documentation: USB: correct possessive "its" usage

[PATCH] Documentation: USB: correct possessive "its" usage

[Randy Dunlap]

Correct uses of "it's" to possessive "its" as needed.
Correct associated grammar in one location.

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: linux-usb@vger.kernel.org
---
 Documentation/usb/CREDITS          |    4 ++--
 Documentation/usb/functionfs.rst   |    2 +-
 Documentation/usb/gadget_multi.rst |    2 +-
 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff -- a/Documentation/usb/CREDITS b/Documentation/usb/CREDITS
--- a/Documentation/usb/CREDITS
+++ b/Documentation/usb/CREDITS
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ THANKS file in Inaky's driver):
         - Jochen Karrer <karrer@wpfd25.physik.uni-wuerzburg.de>, for
           pointing out mortal bugs and giving advice.
 
-        - Edmund Humemberger <ed@atnet.at>, for it's great work on
+        - Edmund Humemberger <ed@atnet.at>, for its great work on
           public relationships and general management stuff for the
           Linux-USB effort.
 
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ THANKS file in Inaky's driver):
         - Ric Klaren <ia_ric@cs.utwente.nl> for doing nice
           introductory documents (competing with Alberto's :).
 
-        - Christian Groessler <cpg@aladdin.de>, for it's help on those
+        - Christian Groessler <cpg@aladdin.de>, for its help on those
           itchy bits ... :)
 
         - Paul MacKerras for polishing OHCI and pushing me harder for
diff -- a/Documentation/usb/functionfs.rst b/Documentation/usb/functionfs.rst
--- a/Documentation/usb/functionfs.rst
+++ b/Documentation/usb/functionfs.rst
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ level it would look like this::
   $ ( cd /dev/ffs-hid && hid-daemon ) &
 
 On kernel level the gadget checks ffs_data->dev_name to identify
-whether it's FunctionFS designed for MTP ("mtp") or HID ("hid").
+whether its FunctionFS is designed for MTP ("mtp") or HID ("hid").
 
 If no "functions" module parameters is supplied, the driver accepts
 just one function with any name.
diff -- a/Documentation/usb/gadget_multi.rst b/Documentation/usb/gadget_multi.rst
--- a/Documentation/usb/gadget_multi.rst
+++ b/Documentation/usb/gadget_multi.rst
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ The Multifunction Composite Gadget (or g
 that makes extensive use of the composite framework to provide
 a... multifunction gadget.
 
-In it's standard configuration it provides a single USB configuration
+In its standard configuration it provides a single USB configuration
 with RNDIS[1] (that is Ethernet), USB CDC[2] ACM (that is serial) and
 USB Mass Storage functions.
 

Re: [PATCH] Documentation: USB: correct possessive "its" usage

[Alan Stern]

On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 07:43:31PM -0800, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> Correct uses of "it's" to possessive "its" as needed.
> Correct associated grammar in one location.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
> Cc: linux-usb@vger.kernel.org
> ---
>  Documentation/usb/CREDITS          |    4 ++--
>  Documentation/usb/functionfs.rst   |    2 +-
>  Documentation/usb/gadget_multi.rst |    2 +-
>  3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff -- a/Documentation/usb/CREDITS b/Documentation/usb/CREDITS
> --- a/Documentation/usb/CREDITS
> +++ b/Documentation/usb/CREDITS
> @@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ THANKS file in Inaky's driver):
>          - Jochen Karrer <karrer@wpfd25.physik.uni-wuerzburg.de>, for
>            pointing out mortal bugs and giving advice.
>  
> -        - Edmund Humemberger <ed@atnet.at>, for it's great work on
> +        - Edmund Humemberger <ed@atnet.at>, for its great work on
>            public relationships and general management stuff for the
>            Linux-USB effort.
>  
> @@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ THANKS file in Inaky's driver):
>          - Ric Klaren <ia_ric@cs.utwente.nl> for doing nice
>            introductory documents (competing with Alberto's :).
>  
> -        - Christian Groessler <cpg@aladdin.de>, for it's help on those
> +        - Christian Groessler <cpg@aladdin.de>, for its help on those
>            itchy bits ... :)
>  

Shouldn't this pronoun and the one above really be "his" rather than 
either "it's" or "its"?

Alan Stern

>          - Paul MacKerras for polishing OHCI and pushing me harder for
> diff -- a/Documentation/usb/functionfs.rst b/Documentation/usb/functionfs.rst
> --- a/Documentation/usb/functionfs.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/usb/functionfs.rst
> @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ level it would look like this::
>    $ ( cd /dev/ffs-hid && hid-daemon ) &
>  
>  On kernel level the gadget checks ffs_data->dev_name to identify
> -whether it's FunctionFS designed for MTP ("mtp") or HID ("hid").
> +whether its FunctionFS is designed for MTP ("mtp") or HID ("hid").
>  
>  If no "functions" module parameters is supplied, the driver accepts
>  just one function with any name.
> diff -- a/Documentation/usb/gadget_multi.rst b/Documentation/usb/gadget_multi.rst
> --- a/Documentation/usb/gadget_multi.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/usb/gadget_multi.rst
> @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ The Multifunction Composite Gadget (or g
>  that makes extensive use of the composite framework to provide
>  a... multifunction gadget.
>  
> -In it's standard configuration it provides a single USB configuration
> +In its standard configuration it provides a single USB configuration
>  with RNDIS[1] (that is Ethernet), USB CDC[2] ACM (that is serial) and
>  USB Mass Storage functions.
>  

Re: [PATCH] Documentation: USB: correct possessive "its" usage

[Randy Dunlap]

On 11/18/22 07:36, Alan Stern wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 07:43:31PM -0800, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>> Correct uses of "it's" to possessive "its" as needed.
>> Correct associated grammar in one location.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
>> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
>> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
>> Cc: linux-usb@vger.kernel.org
>> ---
>>  Documentation/usb/CREDITS          |    4 ++--
>>  Documentation/usb/functionfs.rst   |    2 +-
>>  Documentation/usb/gadget_multi.rst |    2 +-
>>  3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff -- a/Documentation/usb/CREDITS b/Documentation/usb/CREDITS
>> --- a/Documentation/usb/CREDITS
>> +++ b/Documentation/usb/CREDITS
>> @@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ THANKS file in Inaky's driver):
>>          - Jochen Karrer <karrer@wpfd25.physik.uni-wuerzburg.de>, for
>>            pointing out mortal bugs and giving advice.
>>  
>> -        - Edmund Humemberger <ed@atnet.at>, for it's great work on
>> +        - Edmund Humemberger <ed@atnet.at>, for its great work on
>>            public relationships and general management stuff for the
>>            Linux-USB effort.
>>  
>> @@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ THANKS file in Inaky's driver):
>>          - Ric Klaren <ia_ric@cs.utwente.nl> for doing nice
>>            introductory documents (competing with Alberto's :).
>>  
>> -        - Christian Groessler <cpg@aladdin.de>, for it's help on those
>> +        - Christian Groessler <cpg@aladdin.de>, for its help on those
>>            itchy bits ... :)
>>  
> 
> Shouldn't this pronoun and the one above really be "his" rather than 
> either "it's" or "its"?
> 

Hi Alan,
Sure, I can do it that way.
Thanks.

> 
>>          - Paul MacKerras for polishing OHCI and pushing me harder for
>> diff -- a/Documentation/usb/functionfs.rst b/Documentation/usb/functionfs.rst
>> --- a/Documentation/usb/functionfs.rst
>> +++ b/Documentation/usb/functionfs.rst
>> @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ level it would look like this::
>>    $ ( cd /dev/ffs-hid && hid-daemon ) &
>>  
>>  On kernel level the gadget checks ffs_data->dev_name to identify
>> -whether it's FunctionFS designed for MTP ("mtp") or HID ("hid").
>> +whether its FunctionFS is designed for MTP ("mtp") or HID ("hid").
>>  
>>  If no "functions" module parameters is supplied, the driver accepts
>>  just one function with any name.
>> diff -- a/Documentation/usb/gadget_multi.rst b/Documentation/usb/gadget_multi.rst
>> --- a/Documentation/usb/gadget_multi.rst
>> +++ b/Documentation/usb/gadget_multi.rst
>> @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ The Multifunction Composite Gadget (or g
>>  that makes extensive use of the composite framework to provide
>>  a... multifunction gadget.
>>  
>> -In it's standard configuration it provides a single USB configuration
>> +In its standard configuration it provides a single USB configuration
>>  with RNDIS[1] (that is Ethernet), USB CDC[2] ACM (that is serial) and
>>  USB Mass Storage functions.
>>  

-- 
~Randy