Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751262AbWJAQjb (ORCPT ); Sun, 1 Oct 2006 12:39:31 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751267AbWJAQjb (ORCPT ); Sun, 1 Oct 2006 12:39:31 -0400 Received: from xenotime.net ([66.160.160.81]:4028 "HELO xenotime.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1751260AbWJAQja (ORCPT ); Sun, 1 Oct 2006 12:39:30 -0400 Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2006 09:40:53 -0700 From: Randy Dunlap To: Stefan Richter Cc: Miguel Ojeda , akpm@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.18 V6] drivers: add lcd display support Message-Id: <20061001094053.5d55bf06.rdunlap@xenotime.net> In-Reply-To: <451F7A59.4020803@s5r6.in-berlin.de> References: <20060930132253.8ccaa0ad.maxextreme@gmail.com> <20060930123547.d055383f.rdunlap@xenotime.net> <451EE36C.5080002@s5r6.in-berlin.de> <20060930144830.eba63268.rdunlap@xenotime.net> <653402b90609301545y2d4f162dq824ac360149fc0a7@mail.gmail.com> <20060930155250.8cae208b.rdunlap@xenotime.net> <451F7A59.4020803@s5r6.in-berlin.de> Organization: YPO4 X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.2.9 (GTK+ 2.8.10; x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1029 Lines: 35 On Sun, 01 Oct 2006 10:20:41 +0200 Stefan Richter wrote: > Randy Dunlap wrote: > > On Sat, 30 Sep 2006 22:45:56 +0000 Miguel Ojeda wrote: > ... > >> tristate "CFAG12864B LCD Display" > > > > That seems very common to me. > > It is as common as it is wrong. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAS_Syndrome > > ... > >> LCDisplay?? > > A contraction like LCDisplay, like my suggested lcdisplay for the path > name, is IMO not suitable for use in normal written language. Use it at > most for path names where we contract words into one or would write > lc-display or lc_display. > > > I would continue to use LCD display (small d). > > Still wrong language. > > "LCD" and "LC display" are correct. whatever. I've never heard anyone speak of or write about an LC display. --- ~Randy - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/