* [PATCH] Documentation: x86: fix a missing word in x86_64/mm.rst.
@ 2020-10-15 6:22 Wei Lin Chang
2020-10-21 21:14 ` Jonathan Corbet
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From: Wei Lin Chang @ 2020-10-15 6:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: corbet; +Cc: tglx, mingo, bp, x86, hpa, linux-kernel, linux-doc, Wei Lin Chang
This patch adds a missing word in x86/x86_64/mm.rst, without which
the note reads awkwardly.
Signed-off-by: Wei Lin Chang <r09922117@csie.ntu.edu.tw>
---
Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.rst | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.rst b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.rst
index e5053404a..ede187571 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.rst
+++ b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.rst
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Complete virtual memory map with 4-level page tables
Note that as we get closer to the top of the address space, the notation changes
from TB to GB and then MB/KB.
- - "16M TB" might look weird at first sight, but it's an easier to visualize size
+ - "16M TB" might look weird at first sight, but it's an easier way to visualize size
notation than "16 EB", which few will recognize at first sight as 16 exabytes.
It also shows it nicely how incredibly large 64-bit address space is.
--
2.17.1
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* Re: [PATCH] Documentation: x86: fix a missing word in x86_64/mm.rst.
2020-10-15 6:22 [PATCH] Documentation: x86: fix a missing word in x86_64/mm.rst Wei Lin Chang
@ 2020-10-21 21:14 ` Jonathan Corbet
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From: Jonathan Corbet @ 2020-10-21 21:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Wei Lin Chang; +Cc: tglx, mingo, bp, x86, hpa, linux-kernel, linux-doc
On Thu, 15 Oct 2020 14:22:42 +0800
Wei Lin Chang <r09922117@csie.ntu.edu.tw> wrote:
> This patch adds a missing word in x86/x86_64/mm.rst, without which
> the note reads awkwardly.
>
> Signed-off-by: Wei Lin Chang <r09922117@csie.ntu.edu.tw>
> ---
> Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.rst | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.rst b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.rst
> index e5053404a..ede187571 100644
> --- a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.rst
> @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Complete virtual memory map with 4-level page tables
> Note that as we get closer to the top of the address space, the notation changes
> from TB to GB and then MB/KB.
>
> - - "16M TB" might look weird at first sight, but it's an easier to visualize size
> + - "16M TB" might look weird at first sight, but it's an easier way to visualize size
Applied, thanks.
jon
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