On Sat, 18 May 2019, Joe Perches wrote:

> On Sat, 2019-05-18 at 14:00 -0700, Paul Walmsley wrote:
> > The RISC-V architecture has a register named the "Supervisor Exception
> > Program Counter", or "sepc".  This abbreviation triggers
> > checkpatch.pl's misspelling detector, resulting in noise in the
> > checkpatch output.  The risk that this noise could cause more useful
> > warnings to be missed seems to outweigh the harm of an occasional
> > misspelling of "spec".  Thus drop the "sepc" entry from the
> > misspelling list.
> 
> I would agree if you first fixed the existing sepc/spec
> and sepcific/specific typos.
> 
> arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_xics.c:        * a pending interrupt, this is a SW 
> error and PAPR sepcifies
> arch/unicore32/include/mach/regs-gpio.h: * Sepcial Voltage Detect Reg 
> GPIO_GPIR.
> drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_init.c:                /* Stop any OneConnect device 
> sepcific driver timers */
> drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/hal/rtl8723b_phycfg.c:* OverView:   Read "sepcific 
> bits" from BB register
> drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/wifi.h:/* Ref: 802.11i sepc D10.0 
> 7.3.2.25.1

Your agreement shouldn't be needed for the patch I sent.


- Paul

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