Re: svn commit: r366662 - head/sbin/devmatch

2020-10-13 Thread Alexey Dokuchaev
On Tue, Oct 13, 2020 at 12:16:23AM -0600, Warner Losh wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 12, 2020, 11:50 PM Alexey Dokuchaev wrote:
> > On Tue, Oct 13, 2020 at 05:32:00AM +, Warner Losh wrote:
> > > New Revision: 32
> > > URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/32
> > >
> > > Log:
> > >   devmatch: First appeared in 12.0
> > >
> > >   Document that devmatch first appeared in FreeBSD 12.0.
> > >   Also can't -> can not. But it doesn't help the sentence much.
> > >
> > > ...
> > > @@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ Parse and use a standard NOMATCH event from
> > >  for matching instead of searching the device tree.
> > >  .It Fl u Fl -unbound
> > >  Attempt to produce a list of those drivers with PNP info whose driver
> > > -tables with that PNP info can't be found.
> > > +tables with that PNP info can not be found.
> >
> > Are you sure you've really meant "can not" and not "cannot" here?
> 
> They are variants of the same word (though it seems the one word
> variationis more common here)

No, they're not*, examples of "can not" usage:

- We can not only build the house, we can also sell it for a profit.
- Maybe I can not worry about this for a few days.

> the whole sentence is a trainwreck, though, and I should have just
> completely rewritten it.

I do agree. :-)

./danfe

*) 
https://grammar.yourdictionary.com/vs/cannot-vs-can-not-vs-cant-differences-explained.html
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Re: svn commit: r366662 - head/sbin/devmatch

2020-10-13 Thread Warner Losh
On Mon, Oct 12, 2020, 11:50 PM Alexey Dokuchaev  wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 13, 2020 at 05:32:00AM +, Warner Losh wrote:
> > New Revision: 32
> > URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/32
> >
> > Log:
> >   devmatch: First appeared in 12.0
> >
> >   Document that devmatch first appeared in FreeBSD 12.0.
> >   Also can't -> can not. But it doesn't help the sentence much.
> >
> > ...
> > @@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ Parse and use a standard NOMATCH event from
> >  for matching instead of searching the device tree.
> >  .It Fl u Fl -unbound
> >  Attempt to produce a list of those drivers with PNP info whose driver
> > -tables with that PNP info can't be found.
> > +tables with that PNP info can not be found.
>
> Are you sure you've really meant "can not" and not "cannot" here?
>

They are variants of the same word (though it seems the one word
variationis more common here) the whole sentence is a trainwreck,
though, and I should have just completely rewritten it.

Warner

>
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Re: svn commit: r366662 - head/sbin/devmatch

2020-10-12 Thread Alexey Dokuchaev
On Tue, Oct 13, 2020 at 05:32:00AM +, Warner Losh wrote:
> New Revision: 32
> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/32
> 
> Log:
>   devmatch: First appeared in 12.0
>   
>   Document that devmatch first appeared in FreeBSD 12.0.
>   Also can't -> can not. But it doesn't help the sentence much.
>   
> ...
> @@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ Parse and use a standard NOMATCH event from
>  for matching instead of searching the device tree.
>  .It Fl u Fl -unbound
>  Attempt to produce a list of those drivers with PNP info whose driver
> -tables with that PNP info can't be found.
> +tables with that PNP info can not be found.

Are you sure you've really meant "can not" and not "cannot" here?

./danfe
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