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authorWill Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>2018-11-19 12:02:45 +0100
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>2018-11-20 17:30:43 +0100
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Documentation: Use "while" instead of "whilst"
Whilst making an unrelated change to some Documentation, Linus sayeth: | Afaik, even in Britain, "whilst" is unusual and considered more | formal, and "while" is the common word. | | [...] | | Can we just admit that we work with computers, and we don't need to | use þe eald Englisc spelling of words that most of the world never | uses? dictionary.com refers to the word as "Chiefly British", which is probably an undesirable attribute for technical documentation. Replace all occurrences under Documentation/ with "while". Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Cc: Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@gmail.com> Cc: Chris Wilson <chris@chris-wilson.co.uk> Cc: Michael Halcrow <mhalcrow@google.com> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Reported-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ the permitted thermal "ramp" of the system. For instance, a lower
`k_pu` value will provide a slower ramp, at the cost of capping
available capacity at a low temperature. On the other hand, a high
value of `k_pu` will result in the governor granting very high power
-whilst temperature is low, and may lead to temperature overshooting.
+while temperature is low, and may lead to temperature overshooting.
The default value for `k_pu` is: