Re: [PATCH] gpio: Fix loose spelling

[Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 4:57 AM, Andrew Jeffery <andrew@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Literally.
>
> I expect "lose" was meant here, rather than "loose", though you could feasibly
> use a somewhat uncommon definition of "loose" to mean what would be meant by
> "lose": "Loose the hounds" for instance, as in "Release the hounds".
> Substituting in "value" for "hounds" gives "release the value", and makes some
> sense, but futher substituting back to loose gives "loose the value" which
> overall just seems a bit anachronistic.
>
> Instead, use modern, pragmatic English and save a character.
>
> Cc: Russell Currey <ruscur@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Jeffery <andrew@xxxxxxxx>

Patch applied as obviously correct.

Yours,
Linus Walleij
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