Re: Linux 2.4.20-pre4-ac1

Tomas Szepe (szepe@pinerecords.com)
Sun, 25 Aug 2002 13:01:56 +0200


> > > The message "Warning: Primary channel requires an 80-pin cable for operation"
> > > is (apart from being wrongly asserted as we know) incorrect is detail:
> > > the plugs ARE 40-pin, the cable however is 80 conductor.
> >
> > True, but I'm not sure a longer less obvious message will help users
>
> "Warning: Limiting speed since you did not use an 80-conductor cable"

Pronouns should generally be avoided in formulations such as this one,
simply because there's no way to tell who it really was who didn't use
an 80-conductor cable. Go with a passive sentence instead.

T.
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