From 806654a9667c6f60a65f1a4a4406082b5de51233 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Will Deacon Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2018 11:02:45 +0000 Subject: Documentation: Use "while" instead of "whilst" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit 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 Cc: Liam Girdwood Cc: Chris Wilson Cc: Michael Halcrow Cc: Jonathan Corbet Reported-by: Linus Torvalds Signed-off-by: Will Deacon Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet --- Documentation/device-mapper/dm-raid.txt | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'Documentation/device-mapper/dm-raid.txt') diff --git a/Documentation/device-mapper/dm-raid.txt b/Documentation/device-mapper/dm-raid.txt index 52a719b49afd..2355bef14653 100644 --- a/Documentation/device-mapper/dm-raid.txt +++ b/Documentation/device-mapper/dm-raid.txt @@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ The target is named "raid" and it accepts the following parameters: [data_offset ] This option value defines the offset into each data device where the data starts. This is used to provide out-of-place - reshaping space to avoid writing over data whilst + reshaping space to avoid writing over data while changing the layout of stripes, hence an interruption/crash may happen at any time without the risk of losing data. E.g. when adding devices to an existing raid set during -- cgit v1.2.3