From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F1B1C433EF for ; Tue, 2 Nov 2021 05:42:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2FE7760E90 for ; Tue, 2 Nov 2021 05:42:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S229587AbhKBFot (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Nov 2021 01:44:49 -0400 Received: from smtp-out2.suse.de ([195.135.220.29]:43792 "EHLO smtp-out2.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229486AbhKBFos (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Nov 2021 01:44:48 -0400 Received: from imap2.suse-dmz.suse.de (imap2.suse-dmz.suse.de [192.168.254.74]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature ECDSA (P-521) server-digest SHA512) (No client certificate requested) by smtp-out2.suse.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 68B001FD75; Tue, 2 Nov 2021 05:42:11 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=suse.de; s=susede2_rsa; t=1635831731; h=from:from:reply-to:date:date:message-id:message-id:to:to:cc:cc: mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=i5iSbSVtg7clUuGcdawRiOVahh2RXyZGcG8j/mPWFZE=; b=bifZUZnI2xuXfLnkDmhXYfAmfecOi2SpYKkG4ELGfHg6jFt1deXHyGfkAEI7QWyZ7lRrQY bWLRT8l3ecjqRqMM6vwRVgZ3O8q8c+cfp6VL/w7nzSoKZbhVCk73l3jlehTZ/BJICASJYk WlLbLPDNWt77AghmsbAigMBRNPC6MHY= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=ed25519-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=suse.de; s=susede2_ed25519; t=1635831731; h=from:from:reply-to:date:date:message-id:message-id:to:to:cc:cc: mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=i5iSbSVtg7clUuGcdawRiOVahh2RXyZGcG8j/mPWFZE=; b=yI1a2SYxW/JCEHhGJVbF/VARWNSZbcYLNFaRq9yvaHyYfAPzEcqIZVR3oU68wbHwIpBJm1 QCLetgcaM1b5x6AA== Received: from imap2.suse-dmz.suse.de (imap2.suse-dmz.suse.de [192.168.254.74]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature ECDSA (P-521) server-digest SHA512) (No client certificate requested) by imap2.suse-dmz.suse.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 515BD13B6F; Tue, 2 Nov 2021 05:42:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from dovecot-director2.suse.de ([192.168.254.65]) by imap2.suse-dmz.suse.de with ESMTPSA id AOZ9E7PPgGGkLgAAMHmgww (envelope-from ); Tue, 02 Nov 2021 05:42:11 +0000 Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2021 06:42:06 +0100 From: Borislav Petkov To: Linus Torvalds Cc: x86-ml , lkml Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] x86/cpu for v5.16 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Nov 01, 2021 at 03:44:46PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > "a.o."? Is that a common German shorthand, possibly anglicized? Haha, exactly. :-) > I'm assuming - and rewrote it - that it stands for "or similar". Apparently, the "proper" thing to write is https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/i.a. > Possibly "among other" aka "inter alia"? Very occasionally shortened > "i.a.", although "e.g." is the _much_ more common form of much the > same thing. Yeah, I saw "e.g." being suggested also for "among others". > Never seen that "a.o." thing. Sorry about that - I'll make sure to avoid such misguided abbreviations in the future. We have enough confusion as it is - no reason for me to add more. -- Regards/Gruss, Boris. SUSE Software Solutions Germany GmbH, GF: Ivo Totev, HRB 36809, AG Nürnberg