Re: [PATCH 1/1 #2] IWL: fix WARN typo

From: John W. Linville
Date: Fri Jan 09 2009 - 16:45:54 EST


People have pointed-out the "kew -> key" part of the patch.
Any thoughts on "new key" vs. "a new key"?

John

On Fri, Jan 09, 2009 at 03:18:00PM -0500, John W. Linville wrote:
> Is the way it is now problematic for non-native English speakers?
> Or native ones for that matter?
>
> Dropping an article in a "computer-ese" statement has never bothered
> me, so this seems like just a handful of unnecessary string bytes?
>
> John
>
> On Mon, Jan 05, 2009 at 05:06:06PM +0100, Jiri Slaby wrote:
> > new kew -> a new key
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: John W. Linville <linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-sta.c | 6 +++---
> > 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-sta.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-sta.c
> > index 412f66b..ce2ba40 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-sta.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-sta.c
> > @@ -638,7 +638,7 @@ static int iwl_set_wep_dynamic_key_info(struct iwl_priv *priv,
> > * in uCode. */
> >
> > WARN(priv->stations[sta_id].sta.key.key_offset == WEP_INVALID_OFFSET,
> > - "no space for new kew");
> > + "no space for a new key");
> >
> > priv->stations[sta_id].sta.key.key_flags = key_flags;
> > priv->stations[sta_id].sta.sta.modify_mask = STA_MODIFY_KEY_MASK;
> > @@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ static int iwl_set_ccmp_dynamic_key_info(struct iwl_priv *priv,
> > * in uCode. */
> >
> > WARN(priv->stations[sta_id].sta.key.key_offset == WEP_INVALID_OFFSET,
> > - "no space for new kew");
> > + "no space for a new key");
> >
> > priv->stations[sta_id].sta.key.key_flags = key_flags;
> > priv->stations[sta_id].sta.sta.modify_mask = STA_MODIFY_KEY_MASK;
> > @@ -722,7 +722,7 @@ static int iwl_set_tkip_dynamic_key_info(struct iwl_priv *priv,
> > * in uCode. */
> >
> > WARN(priv->stations[sta_id].sta.key.key_offset == WEP_INVALID_OFFSET,
> > - "no space for new kew");
> > + "no space for a new key");
> >
> > /* This copy is acutally not needed: we get the key with each TX */
> > memcpy(priv->stations[sta_id].keyinfo.key, keyconf->key, 16);
> > --
> > 1.6.0.6
> >
> >
>
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