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SubjectRe: [PATCH] PATCH: typo bits
On 18 Jul 2003, Alan Cox wrote:
> > > - dep_tristate ' SL811HS Alternate (support isochornous mode)' CONFIG_USB_SL811HS_ALT $CONFIG_USB
> > > + dep_tristate ' SL811HS Alternate (support isosynchronous mode)' CONFIG_USB_SL811HS_ALT $CONFIG_USB
> > > fi
> > > diff -Nru a/drivers/usb/host/sl811.c b/drivers/usb/host/sl811.c
> > > --- a/drivers/usb/host/sl811.c Thu Jul 17 11:07:46 2003
> > > +++ b/drivers/usb/host/sl811.c Thu Jul 17 11:07:46 2003
> > > @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
> > > * Adam Richter, Gregory P. Smith;
> > > 2.Original SL811 driver (hc_sl811.o) by Pei Liu <pbl@cypress.com>
> > > *
> > > - * It's now support isochronous mode and more effective than hc_sl811.o
> > > + * It's now support isosynchronous mode and more effective than hc_sl811.o
> >
> > I thought the correct term was `isochronous'...
>
> Perhaps someone can clarify - however isochornus is definitely wrong either way

Yes, isochornus is wrong.

Just try dict:

- No definitions found for "isosynchronous"

- 2 definitions found

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

Isochronous \I*soch"ro*nous\, a. [Gr. ?; ? equal + ? time.]
Same as {Isochronal}.

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (09 FEB 02) [foldoc]:

isochronous

<communications> /i:-sok'rn-*s/ A form of data transmission
that guarantees to provide a certain minimum {data rate}, as
required for time-dependent data such as {video} or {audio}.

Isochronous transmission transmits asynchronous data over a
synchronous data link so that individual characters are only
separated by a whole number of bit-length intervals. This is
in contrast to {asynchronous} transmission, in which the
characters may be separated by arbitrary intervals, and with
{synchronous} transmission [which does what?].

{Asynchronous Transfer Mode} and {High Performance Serial Bus}
can provide isochronous service.

Compare: {plesiochronous}.

[ANIXTER, LAN Magazine 7.93]

[Better explanation?]

(1999-03-12)


Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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