Re: [PATCH][next] ASoC: codec: sma1307: replace spelling mistake with new error message

From: Mark Brown
Date: Fri Aug 08 2025 - 08:10:40 EST


On Fri, Aug 08, 2025 at 12:35:40PM +0100, Colin King (gmail) wrote:
> On 08/08/2025 12:30, Mark Brown wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 08, 2025 at 11:53:24AM +0100, Colin Ian King wrote:

> > > - 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.

My comment was specifically that it doesn't look like a spelling
mistake.

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