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authorWill Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>2018-11-19 11:02:45 +0000
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>2018-11-20 09:30:43 -0700
commit806654a9667c6f60a65f1a4a4406082b5de51233 (patch)
tree08b92f004840fb39bd563db58d0fb8bd5c6cc95a /Documentation/leds
parent48c465d23d5ce55a84062e556e07a8a663349536 (diff)
Documentation: Use "while" instead of "whilst"
Whilst making an unrelated change to some Documentation, Linus sayeth: | Afaik, even in Britain, "whilst" is unusual and considered more | formal, and "while" is the common word. | | [...] | | Can we just admit that we work with computers, and we don't need to | use þe eald Englisc spelling of words that most of the world never | uses? dictionary.com refers to the word as "Chiefly British", which is probably an undesirable attribute for technical documentation. Replace all occurrences under Documentation/ with "while". Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Cc: Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@gmail.com> Cc: Chris Wilson <chris@chris-wilson.co.uk> Cc: Michael Halcrow <mhalcrow@google.com> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Reported-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ existing subsystems with minimal additional code. Examples are the disk-activity
nand-disk and sharpsl-charge triggers. With led triggers disabled, the code
optimises away.
-Complex triggers whilst available to all LEDs have LED specific
+Complex triggers while available to all LEDs have LED specific
parameters and work on a per LED basis. The timer trigger is an example.
The timer trigger will periodically change the LED brightness between
LED_OFF and the current brightness setting. The "on" and "off" time can