Re: [PATCH] sna: Correct misspelled cacheing->caching in comments

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On 24/06/15 11:04, Chris Wilson wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 07:45:42AM +0200, Sedat Dilek wrote:
>> I have seen this typo once and added an entry to codespell's dictionary.txt file.
>>
>> $ diff -uprN /usr/share/codespell/dictionary.txt.orig /usr/share/codespell/dictionary.txt
>> --- /usr/share/codespell/dictionary.txt.orig    2015-06-09 20:49:25.000000000 +0200
>> +++ /usr/share/codespell/dictionary.txt 2015-06-23 07:37:35.893689539 +0200
>> @@ -625,6 +625,7 @@ burried->buried
>>  busineses->business, businesses,
>>  busness->business
>>  bussiness->business
>> +cacheing->caching
>>  caculater->calculator
>>  cacuses->caucuses
>>  cahracters->characters
>>
>> There some other places where this typo occurs:
>>
>> [ src/sna/kgem.c ]
>>
>>  298:static void assert_cacheing(struct kgem *kgem, struct kgem_bo *bo)
>>  324:#define assert_cacheing(kgem, bo)
>> 2455:  assert_cacheing(kgem, bo);
>> 2841:  assert_cacheing(kgem, bo);
>>
>> It's up to Chris what to do with this.
> 
> I just can't get past reading 'caching' as two hard Cs and so it feels
> weird.

That would be Italian. Cache (and "cachet") come from French "cacher"
(to hide), so the "ch" is (almost) the same as in "chef" or "chauffeur".

We could switch to using the Esperanto spelling, "kaŝi" and the
corresponding hardware term "kaŝmemoro" :)

.Dave.
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