Re: [PATCH] libata: end the r-word

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On Fri, Mar 07, 2014 at 02:22:48PM -0800, Dan Williams wrote:
> From f1c564c4bcf1d636ff020faf4f3e644cf1c3d152 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 19:25:02 -0800
> Subject: [PATCH] libata: end the r-word
> 
> Prompted by the social effort in the US to discourage usage of the
> adjective "retarded".
> 
> In this case we needlessly anthropomorphize hard drives.  The
> implication is that due to design deficiencies in the device reset
> recovery time is negatively impacted.  We can simply clearly state that
> fact.  "Exceptional devices cause outliers in reset recovery time." This
> steers clear of any unintended comparison of such devices to humans with
> cognitive disabilities.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx>

Applied to libata/for-3.15.

Thanks.

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tejun
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