On Sun, Jan 15, 2017 at 11:54 AM, Conrad E. Meyer <c...@freebsd.org> wrote:

> Author: cem
> Date: Sun Jan 15 17:54:01 2017
> New Revision: 312234
> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/312234
>
> Log:
>   "Buses" is the preferred plural of "bus"
>
>   Replace archaic "busses" with modern form "buses."
>
>
The link intending to support this assertion refers to the motor vehicle,
which does not necessarily have the same usage as the hardware nexus.  It
would have been nice to see some discussion on -doc or similar before
making a sweeping change like this, as I am not sure that the consensus of
our team is for the "buses" spelling in this usage.

-Ben


>   Intentionally excluded:
>   * Old/random drivers I didn't recognize
>     * Old hardware in general
>   * Use of "busses" in code as identifiers
>
>   No functional change.
>
>   http://grammarist.com/spelling/buses-busses/
>
>   PR:           216099
>   Reported by:  bltsrc at mail.ru
>   Sponsored by: Dell EMC Isilon
>
>
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