Re: [PATCH] PATCH: typo bits

Re: [PATCH] PATCH: typo bits

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Thu, 17 Jul 2003, Linux Kernel Mailing List wrote:
> ChangeSet 1.1003.1.91, 2003/07/17 14:20:22-03:00, alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk
> 
> 	[PATCH] PATCH: typo bits
> 	
> 
> 
> # This patch includes the following deltas:
> #	           ChangeSet	1.1003.1.90 -> 1.1003.1.91
> #	drivers/usb/host/sl811.c	1.2     -> 1.3    
> #	drivers/usb/host/Config.in	1.6     -> 1.7    
> #
> 
>  Config.in |    2 +-
>  sl811.c   |    2 +-
>  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> 
> diff -Nru a/drivers/usb/host/Config.in b/drivers/usb/host/Config.in
> --- a/drivers/usb/host/Config.in	Thu Jul 17 11:07:46 2003
> +++ b/drivers/usb/host/Config.in	Thu Jul 17 11:07:46 2003
> @@ -13,5 +13,5 @@
>  fi
>  dep_tristate '  OHCI (Compaq, iMacs, OPTi, SiS, ALi, ...) support' CONFIG_USB_OHCI $CONFIG_USB
>  if [ "$CONFIG_ARM" = "y" ]; then
> -  dep_tristate '  SL811HS Alternate (support isochornous mode)' CONFIG_USB_SL811HS_ALT $CONFIG_USB
> +   dep_tristate '  SL811HS Alternate (support isosynchronous mode)' CONFIG_USB_SL811HS_ALT $CONFIG_USB
>  fi
> diff -Nru a/drivers/usb/host/sl811.c b/drivers/usb/host/sl811.c
> --- a/drivers/usb/host/sl811.c	Thu Jul 17 11:07:46 2003
> +++ b/drivers/usb/host/sl811.c	Thu Jul 17 11:07:46 2003
> @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
>   * 	  Adam Richter, Gregory P. Smith;
>    	2.Original SL811 driver (hc_sl811.o) by Pei Liu <pbl@cypress.com>
>   *
> - * It's now support isochronous mode and more effective than hc_sl811.o
> + * It's now support isosynchronous mode and more effective than hc_sl811.o

I thought the correct term was `isochronous'...

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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							    -- Linus Torvalds

Re: [PATCH] PATCH: typo bits

[Alan Cox]

> > -  dep_tristate '  SL811HS Alternate (support isochornous mode)' CONFIG_USB_SL811HS_ALT $CONFIG_USB
> > +   dep_tristate '  SL811HS Alternate (support isosynchronous mode)' CONFIG_USB_SL811HS_ALT $CONFIG_USB
> >  fi
> > diff -Nru a/drivers/usb/host/sl811.c b/drivers/usb/host/sl811.c
> > --- a/drivers/usb/host/sl811.c	Thu Jul 17 11:07:46 2003
> > +++ b/drivers/usb/host/sl811.c	Thu Jul 17 11:07:46 2003
> > @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
> >   * 	  Adam Richter, Gregory P. Smith;
> >    	2.Original SL811 driver (hc_sl811.o) by Pei Liu <pbl@cypress.com>
> >   *
> > - * It's now support isochronous mode and more effective than hc_sl811.o
> > + * It's now support isosynchronous mode and more effective than hc_sl811.o
> 
> I thought the correct term was `isochronous'...

Perhaps someone can clarify - however isochornus is definitely wrong either way

Re: [PATCH] PATCH: typo bits

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On 18 Jul 2003, Alan Cox wrote:
> > > -  dep_tristate '  SL811HS Alternate (support isochornous mode)' CONFIG_USB_SL811HS_ALT $CONFIG_USB
> > > +   dep_tristate '  SL811HS Alternate (support isosynchronous mode)' CONFIG_USB_SL811HS_ALT $CONFIG_USB
> > >  fi
> > > diff -Nru a/drivers/usb/host/sl811.c b/drivers/usb/host/sl811.c
> > > --- a/drivers/usb/host/sl811.c	Thu Jul 17 11:07:46 2003
> > > +++ b/drivers/usb/host/sl811.c	Thu Jul 17 11:07:46 2003
> > > @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
> > >   * 	  Adam Richter, Gregory P. Smith;
> > >    	2.Original SL811 driver (hc_sl811.o) by Pei Liu <pbl@cypress.com>
> > >   *
> > > - * It's now support isochronous mode and more effective than hc_sl811.o
> > > + * It's now support isosynchronous mode and more effective than hc_sl811.o
> > 
> > I thought the correct term was `isochronous'...
> 
> Perhaps someone can clarify - however isochornus is definitely wrong either way

Yes, isochornus is wrong.

Just try dict:

  - No definitions found for "isosynchronous"

  - 2 definitions found

    From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

      Isochronous \I*soch"ro*nous\, a. [Gr. ?; ? equal + ? time.]
	 Same as {Isochronal}.

    From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (09 FEB 02) [foldoc]:

      isochronous
      
	 <communications> /i:-sok'rn-*s/ A form of data transmission
	 that guarantees to provide a certain minimum {data rate}, as
	 required for time-dependent data such as {video} or {audio}.
      
	 Isochronous transmission transmits asynchronous data over a
	 synchronous data link so that individual characters are only
	 separated by a whole number of bit-length intervals.  This is
	 in contrast to {asynchronous} transmission, in which the
	 characters may be separated by arbitrary intervals, and with
	 {synchronous} transmission [which does what?].
      
	 {Asynchronous Transfer Mode} and {High Performance Serial Bus}
	 can provide isochronous service.
      
	 Compare: {plesiochronous}.
      
	 [ANIXTER, LAN Magazine 7.93]
      
	 [Better explanation?]
      
	 (1999-03-12)


Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

--
Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org

In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
							    -- Linus Torvalds

Re: [PATCH] PATCH: typo bits

[Scott Robert Ladd]

Alan Cox wrote:
>>>- * It's now support isochronous mode and more effective than hc_sl811.o
>>>+ * It's now support isosynchronous mode and more effective than hc_sl811.o
>>
>>I thought the correct term was `isochronous'...
> 
> Perhaps someone can clarify - however isochornus is definitely wrong either way

"Isochronous" is correct; it is a synonym for "isochronal", which means 
"uniform in time; of equal duration". That is, I believe, apropos to the 
intended meaning of the comment above.

"Isosynchronous" does not appear in any of my dictionaries.

-- 
Scott Robert Ladd
Coyote Gulch Productions (http://www.coyotegulch.com)
Software Invention for High-Performance Computing

Re: [PATCH] PATCH: typo bits

[Andries Brouwer]

On Fri, Jul 18, 2003 at 12:36:05PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:

> > > - * It's now support isochronous mode and more effective than hc_sl811.o
> > > + * It's now support isosynchronous mode and more effective than hc_sl811.o
> > 
> > I thought the correct term was `isochronous'...
> 
> Perhaps someone can clarify - however isochornus is definitely wrong either way

You are the native English speaker here. Isosynchronous is (was?) not an
English word.

Oh, but we aren't speaking English - this is about USB devices.
Read the USB standard and see that it has an isosynchronous mode.

Re: [PATCH] PATCH: typo bits

[Randy.Dunlap]

On Fri, 18 Jul 2003 15:29:47 +0200 Andries Brouwer <aebr@win.tue.nl> wrote:

| On Fri, Jul 18, 2003 at 12:36:05PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
| 
| > > > - * It's now support isochronous mode and more effective than hc_sl811.o
| > > > + * It's now support isosynchronous mode and more effective than hc_sl811.o
| > > 
| > > I thought the correct term was `isochronous'...
| > 
| > Perhaps someone can clarify - however isochornus is definitely wrong either way
| 
| You are the native English speaker here. Isosynchronous is (was?) not an
| English word.
| 
| Oh, but we aren't speaking English - this is about USB devices.
| Read the USB standard and see that it has an isosynchronous mode.

It does?  I can't find it in the main USB 2.0 spec.
It discusses isochronous, which is what I would prefer to see,
regardless of the USB spec.

--
~Randy

Re: [PATCH] PATCH: typo bits

[Andries Brouwer]

On Fri, Jul 18, 2003 at 07:33:19AM -0700, Randy.Dunlap wrote:

> | Isosynchronous is (was?) not an English word.
> | 
> | Oh, but we aren't speaking English - this is about USB devices.
> | Read the USB standard and see that it has an isosynchronous mode.
> 
> It does?  I can't find it in the main USB 2.0 spec.
> It discusses isochronous, which is what I would prefer to see,
> regardless of the USB spec.

Ah, yes, you are right. I did a grep on the USB docs directory
and it is full of isosynchronous, but those are all fragments
from the net. The actual standards correctly use isochronous.
Sorry.

Andries

Re: [PATCH] PATCH: typo bits

[Alan Cox]

On Gwe, 2003-07-18 at 16:04, Andries Brouwer wrote:
> Ah, yes, you are right. I did a grep on the USB docs directory
> and it is full of isosynchronous, but those are all fragments
> from the net. The actual standards correctly use isochronous

Cool.. I just wanted the typo fixed 8)