[PATCH] dt-bindings: net: dsa: mediatek,mt7530: Minor grammar fixes

Arınç ÜNAL arinc.unal at arinc9.com
Mon Jun 24 09:59:48 PDT 2024


On 24/06/2024 19.29, Conor Dooley wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 24, 2024 at 10:00:25AM +0300, Arınç ÜNAL wrote:
>> On 24/06/2024 05.58, Chris Packham wrote:
>>> Update the mt7530 binding with some minor updates that make the document
>>> easier to read.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Chris Packham <chris.packham at alliedtelesis.co.nz>
>>> ---
>>>
>>> Notes:
>>>       I was referring to this dt binding and found a couple of places where
>>>       the wording could be improved. I'm not exactly a techical writer but
>>>       hopefully I've made things a bit better.
>>>
>>>    .../devicetree/bindings/net/dsa/mediatek,mt7530.yaml        | 6 +++---
>>>    1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/dsa/mediatek,mt7530.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/dsa/mediatek,mt7530.yaml
>>> index 1c2444121e60..6c0abb020631 100644
>>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/dsa/mediatek,mt7530.yaml
>>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/dsa/mediatek,mt7530.yaml
>>> @@ -22,16 +22,16 @@ description: |
>>>      The MT7988 SoC comes with a built-in switch similar to MT7531 as well as four
>>>      Gigabit Ethernet PHYs. The switch registers are directly mapped into the SoC's
>>> -  memory map rather than using MDIO. The switch got an internally connected 10G
>>> +  memory map rather than using MDIO. The switch has an internally connected 10G
>>>      CPU port and 4 user ports connected to the built-in Gigabit Ethernet PHYs.
>>> -  MT7530 in MT7620AN, MT7620DA, MT7620DAN and MT7620NN SoCs has got 10/100 PHYs
>>> +  MT7530 in MT7620AN, MT7620DA, MT7620DAN and MT7620NN SoCs have 10/100 PHYs
>>
>> MT7530 is singular, the sentence is correct as it is.
> 
> Actually, the sentence is missing a definite article, so is not correct
> as-is.

The definite article is omitted for the sake of brevity. I don't believe
omitting the definite article renders the sentence incorrect.

> 
>>
>>>      and the switch registers are directly mapped into SoC's memory map rather than
>>>      using MDIO. The DSA driver currently doesn't support MT7620 variants.
>>>      There is only the standalone version of MT7531.
>>> -  Port 5 on MT7530 has got various ways of configuration:
>>> +  Port 5 on MT7530 supports various configurations:
>>
>> This is a rewrite, not a grammar fix.
> 
> In both cases "has got" is clumsy wording,

We don't use "have/has" on the other side of the Atlantic often.

Arınç



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