On Tue, May 22, 2007 at 08:39:25AM -0500, Scott Preece wrote: > On 5/21/07, Jarek Poplawski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 03:12:07PM +0100, David Howells wrote: > >> Jarek Poplawski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> > > > - load will be directed), a data dependency barrier would be > >required to > >> > > > + load will be directed), the data dependency barrier would be > >required to > >> > > > >> > > I think that should be "a". > >> > > >> > I could only guess (it's a magic to me) - so, if it doesn't matter > >> > "A data ..." begins this paragraph... > >> > >> I see what you mean. I see it as "a data dependency barrier ..." > >though. That > >> may be because I wrote the doc, however. I wonder if "data dependency" > >should > >> be hyphenated to make it clearer. What do you think? > > > >Better don't ask. Now I'm far less decided, than yesterday. > --- > > "data-dependency barrier" would be better, assuming you mean a barrier > enforcing a data dependency. If you say "data dependency barrier" you > could also mean a "dependency barrier" implemented as a piece of data, > for instance, like a flag value in a data stream that forces > synchronization with another data stream. >
Thanks! I guess, it has to wait till tomorrow (or another patch?). Regards, Jarek P. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
