Re: [PATCH] drm/doc: nerved -> nerfed in drm_ioctl.c

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On Thu, Feb 15, 2018 at 03:33:17PM -0500, Alex Deucher wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 15, 2018 at 2:56 PM, Harry Wentland <harry.wentland@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On 2018-02-15 11:40 AM, Daniel Stone wrote:
> >> Hi Harry,
> >>
> >> On 15 February 2018 at 16:28, Harry Wentland <harry.wentland@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>> This threw me for a loop when I read the docs. I imagine this is the
> >>> intended definition:
> >>>         http://www.dictionary.com/browse/nerf
> >>
> >> Yeah. I'm quite sure it was intended to be 'nerfed', but replacing it
> >> with something more clear (and especially more accessible to
> >> non-native speakers) would be great if you could do that instead
> >> please. :)
> >
> > Good point.
> >
> > danvet, I'm not sure exactly what nerfed really means in this context? Does it mean 'dropped', 'deprecated', 'no longer supported'?
> >
> 
> I think in this context, it means broken.

For slang, urban dictionary helps:

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=nerf

i.e. I meant "removed to make it harmless". So dropped/no longer supported
is accurate I think. And 'deprecated' for the intent to remove it in the
future.
-Daniel

> 
> Alex
> 
> > I also see a reference to drm version 1.4 but I only see version 1.3 in libdrm?
> >
> > Harry
> >
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> Daniel
> >>
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Daniel Vetter
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