[PATCH] drm/atomic: clarify the rules around drm_atomic_state->allow_modeset

Thomas Zimmermann tzimmermann at suse.de
Thu Jan 9 15:51:39 UTC 2025


Hi


Am 09.01.25 um 16:45 schrieb Daniel Stone:
> Hi,
>
> On Thu, 9 Jan 2025 at 15:30, Michel Dänzer <michel.daenzer at mailbox.org> wrote:
>> On 2025-01-08 18:22, Simona Vetter wrote:
>>> Maybe I'm wrong, but my understanding is that English generally doesn't do
>>> compound words connected with dashes, you just line them up with spaces.
>> I hope you don't mind me jumping in, three native German speakers discussing English grammar is merrier than just two. :)
>>
>> FWIW, LWN writes compound words with spaces when used as nouns ("code in user space"), with dashes when used as adjectives ("user-space code"). I don't know if this is an official / general rule, I'm using it as a guideline though.
> To the extent that Australian counts as native English: yes, that's
> exactly the rule.

Thanks! My understanding is that words are right associative by default. 
So "user space code" means 'user (space code)'. The dash makes it left 
associative, hence "user-space code".

Best regards
Thomas

>
> Cheers,
> Daniel

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