On 08/08/2025 12:30, Mark Brown wrote:
On Fri, Aug 08, 2025 at 11:53:24AM +0100, Colin Ian King wrote:There is a spelling mistake in a failure message, replace the message with something a little more meaningful.if ((sma1307->set.checksum >> 8) != SMA1307_SETTING_CHECKSUM) { - dev_err(sma1307->dev, "%s: failed by dismatch \"%s\"\n", + dev_err(sma1307->dev, "%s: checksum failed \"%s\"\n",It's definitely an unusual term and the reword makes sense but that does make sense to me as a word, I don't think it's a spelling error as such.
"Dismatch" is not a standard English word. It's likely a misspelling of "mismatch" or a neologism formed by adding the prefix "dis-" to "match". I understand it a niche term, I just think it is preferable not to use it for folk who's first language isn't English.
Colin
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