svn commit: r228990 - in head/usr.sbin: IPXrouted adduser bluetooth/btpand bluetooth/sdpd bootparamd/bootparamd bsnmpd/modules/snmp_bridge bsnmpd/modules/snmp_hostres bsnmpd/modules/snmp_wlan bsnmp...

[Colin Percival]

On 12/30/11 11:54, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 02:43:22PM -0500, Ben Kaduk wrote:
>> On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 5:58 AM, Ulrich Spoerlein <uqs at freebsd.org> wrote:
>>> -                * is 11 bit wide that gives us upto 2048 chunks.
>>> +                * is 11 bit wide that gives us up to 2048 chunks.
>>
>> Should be "11 bits", no?
> 
> I'm not a native speaker, but I think "11 bit wide" is correct here.

I am a native speaker, and it's "11 bits wide".  English is an odd language:
An "11 bit wide field" is "11 bits wide".  (Similarly, a 45 *foot* long bus
is 45 *feet* long.)

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