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From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
To: Brigham Campbell <me@brighamcampbell.com>,
	Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info>,
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
	Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>,
	"open list:DOCUMENTATION REPORTING ISSUES"
	<linux-doc@vger.kernel.org>,
	open list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] docs: Fix minor grammatical error
Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2026 12:10:09 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4c9b2927-29e0-40a6-bed4-14142dedd2ef@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260605053826.7836-1-me@brighamcampbell.com>



On 6/4/26 10:38 PM, Brigham Campbell wrote:
> Fix minor grammatical error in the admin guide docs.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Brigham Campbell <me@brighamcampbell.com>
> ---
> 
> I happened across this minor mistake while investigating techniques to
> use a partial kernel config to generate a complete config. If
> maintainers that I don't send out minor fixes like this, please let me
> know and I'll remember that for the future.
> 
>  Documentation/admin-guide/quickly-build-trimmed-linux.rst | 8 ++++----
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/quickly-build-trimmed-linux.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/quickly-build-trimmed-linux.rst
> index cb178e0a6208..194d22f56449 100644
> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/quickly-build-trimmed-linux.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/quickly-build-trimmed-linux.rst
> @@ -217,10 +217,10 @@ again.
>  
>     There is a catch: 'localmodconfig' is likely to disable kernel features you
>     did not use since you booted your Linux -- like drivers for currently
> -   disconnected peripherals or a virtualization software not haven't used yet.
> -   You can reduce or nearly eliminate that risk with tricks the reference
> -   section outlines; but when building a kernel just for quick testing purposes
> -   it is often negligible if such features are missing. But you should keep that
> +   disconnected peripherals or virtualization software not currently in use. You
> +   can reduce or nearly eliminate that risk with tricks the reference section
> +   outlines; but when building a kernel just for quick testing purposes it is
> +   often negligible if such features are missing. But you should keep that
>     aspect in mind when using a kernel built with this make target, as it might
>     be the reason why something you only use occasionally stopped working.
>  

Can't you just modify the first line only and leave the other 3 changed lines
intact?

-- 
~Randy


  reply	other threads:[~2026-06-06 19:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-06-05  5:38 Brigham Campbell
2026-06-06 19:10 ` Randy Dunlap [this message]
2026-06-09  5:50   ` Brigham Campbell
2026-06-09  6:15     ` Thorsten Leemhuis

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