Re: Spelling in 2.6.2

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Tue, 10 Feb 2004, Randy.Dunlap wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 12:09:01 -0800 Michael Hayes <mike@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> | Relax, this is not a spelling patch.
> |
> | I was curious how fast spelling errors flow into the kernel, so I
> | looked at the + lines in the 2.6.2 patch.  A few of the errors
> | already existed, but most of them are new.  It turns out that there
> | are around 200 new spelling errors in 2.6.2.
> |
> | A "wether" (castrated goat) has appeared, along with a "Rusell" that
> | should be stamped out before it spreads.  Someone had a dreadful time
> | with "technology" and its variants, spelling it wrong 9 different ways.
> |
> | Here's what I found:
> |
> | File                                      Error            Should be          #
> | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Amazing (to me).  It's a good thing that we have a compiler to

Indeed.

> check the non-comments, otherwise it might never boot.

Where's the compiler for the spelling? ;-)

    cpp -spell
    gcc -spell

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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