[PATCH modular 2/3] Fix spelling.

Ian Romanick idr at freedesktop.org
Mon Oct 4 20:45:18 PDT 2010


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Trevor Woerner wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 6:39 PM, Ian Romanick <idr at freedesktop.org> wrote:
>>> From: Trevor Woerner <twoerner at gmail.com>
>>>  build_driver_input() {
>>> -    # Some drivers are only buildable on some OS'es
>>> +    # Some drivers can only be processed on some OS'es
>> "can only be processed" is different from "are only buildable".  The
>> former is nonsensical, and the later is correct.
> 
> One of the many possible things the "build.sh" script can do is
> _build_ a module/component item. Apart from that one operation it can
> perform dozens of other operations on every module/component item,
> none of which constitute building. If I perform the following:

You can certainly 'git pull' any component on any OS or CPU.  The
limitation is only for building.

> $ util/modular/build.sh $PREFIX --cmd "git pull"
> 
> Would you consider it an example of having built every
> module/component? It isn't strictly correct anymore to say the only
> thing build.sh can do is build items. "can only be processed" is a
> more general and correct phrase to explain the operation of build.sh.
> 
> Although, since it's not strictly a spelling correction, the two
> should probably be submitted as separate patches.

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