Re: [flashrom] [PATCH] nicnatsemi.c: Typo. s/are apparently don't/apparently don't/

[Andrew Morgan]

On 12/06/10 22:28, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote:
> On 12.06.2010 22:52, Paul Menzel wrote:
> > * Bit 8-31 of this register are apparently don't care, and if this
> > * Bit 8-31 of this register apparently don't care, and if this
>
> "don't care" is used as a compound adjective and the verb in the
> compound adjective is ignored in that case. Please see
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t-care_(logic) for details. It is
> possible to improve readability slightly with the following variant:
>
> Bit 8-31 of this register are apparently don't-care bits, and...
>
> Not sure if this is really better, and we probably should ask a native
> speaker who works with hardware logic.

I would be tempted to put:
are "don't care"
with the quotes, if it is quoting the datasheet?