From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 31 Jan 2001 19:25:35 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 31 Jan 2001 19:25:25 -0500 Received: from mserv1d.vianw.co.uk ([195.102.240.96]:50865 "EHLO mserv1d.vianw.co.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 31 Jan 2001 19:25:13 -0500 From: Alan Chandler To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: spelling of disc (disk) in /devfs Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2001 00:19:56 +0000 Organization: [private individual] Message-ID: <6lah7t4f685qo3igk679ocdo2obfhd9lvg@4ax.com> X-Mailer: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 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 I accidentally built my 2.4.1 kernel with /devfs so had a interesting few minutes looking round it to see what it was doing. The thing that struck me most was the spelling of disc with a 'c'. As an Englishman this is the correct spelling for me most of the time, but I have come to accept "as a technical term" disk (as in American) is the right name for these devices. I now find myself confused with the new approach. Alan alan@chandlerfamily.org.uk http://www.chandler.u-net.com - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/