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From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: leemgs1@gmail.com
Cc: Jiri Kosina <trivial@kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	dougthompson@xmission.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix the meaning of EDAC abbreviation
Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 08:42:53 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090603084253.1a0aa5b0@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1243987469.20635.69.camel@centos51>

> Fix the meaning of EDAC(Error Detection And Correction) correctly.
>  - http://bluesmoke.sourceforge.net
> 
>         Signed-off-by: GeunSik Lim <geunsik.lim@samsung.com>
> ---
>  drivers/edac/Kconfig |    2 +-
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/edac/Kconfig b/drivers/edac/Kconfig
> index 956982f..2a81915 100644
> --- a/drivers/edac/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/edac/Kconfig
> @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
>  #
>  
>  menuconfig EDAC
> -	bool "EDAC - error detection and reporting"
> +	bool "EDAC - Error Detection And Correction"

The code started off as one thing and acquired its name but a primary
function of it now is indeed reporting rather than just correction. The
name has stuck but the functionality doesn't quite match - so the
existing menuconfig entry is actually more helpful.

  reply	other threads:[~2009-06-03  7:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-06-03  0:04 [PATCH] Fix the meaning of EDAC abbreviation GeunSik Lim
2009-06-03  7:42 ` Alan Cox [this message]
2009-06-03  8:34   ` GeunSik Lim
2009-06-03 10:12 ` [PATCH V2] " GeunSik Lim
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2009-06-03 14:46 [PATCH] " Doug Thompson
2009-06-03 14:51 Doug Thompson

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