Re: Documentation updates to 2.1.93

Guest section DW (dwguest@win.tue.nl)
Wed, 8 Apr 1998 16:52:10 +0200 (MET DST)

paul@rasty.ph.unimelb.edu.au writes:

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-                       printk(KERN_WARNING "warning: 'lp=0x%x' is deprecated, ignored\n", ints[1]);
+                       printk(KERN_WARNING "warning: 'lp=0x%x' is depreciated, ignored\n", ints[1]);

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however, deprecated is common usage.
Not that the opinion of some dictionary would matter, but Webster says
dep.re.cate
1) vt, to express disapproval of
2) vt, DEPRECIATE
syn. see disapprove


de.pre.ci.ate
1) vt, to lower the price or estimated value of
2) vt, to represent as of little value: DISPARAGE
syn. see decry


Concerning the etymology, `deprecate' may be interpreted
as meaning: `I pray thee, do not use this', while `depreciate'
might be: `This is worthless junk'.
(I mean to say that the Latin roots are different.)


Andries - from the keyboard of dwguest


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