linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -mm 4/4] Blackfin: on-chip Two Wire Interface I2C driver

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Date:	Thu, 22 Mar 2007 03:13:32 -0400
From:	"Mike Frysinger" <vapier.adi@...il.com>
To:	"Jean Delvare" <khali@...ux-fr.org>
Cc:	"Bob Copeland" <me@...copeland.com>, bryan.wu@...log.com,
	"David Brownell" <david-b@...bell.net>,
	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Alexey Dobriyan" <adobriyan@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH -mm 4/4] Blackfin: on-chip Two Wire Interface I2C driver

On 3/22/07, Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org> wrote:
> On Wed, 21 Mar 2007 15:14:29 -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > On 3/21/07, Bob Copeland <me@...copeland.com> wrote:
> > > > +config I2C_BLACKFIN_TWI
> > > > +       tristate "Blackfin TWI I2C support"
> > > > +       depends on I2C && (BF534 || BF536 || BF537)
> > > > +       help
> > > > +         This is the TWI I2C device driver for Blackfin 534/536/537.
> > > > +         This driver can also be built as a module.  If so, the module
> > > > +         will be called i2c-bfin-twi.
> > >
> > > Pardon my ignorance, but is there any reason to call it "Blackfin TWI"
> > > as opposed to just "Blackfin" since TWI and I2C mean the same thing?
> > > It lends itself to some redundancies such as:
> > >
> > > > +       pr_info("I2C: Blackfin I2C TWI driver\n");
> >
> > it reflects the hardware manual and all public Analog Devices
> > documentation ... the peripheral is always referred to as a "Two Wire
> > Interface that is fully compatible with the I2C standard" since using
> > the "I2C" term is not free
>
> Damn, I hate it when legal idiocy takes the lead on technical clarity :(

i'm with you 100% but it isnt my call to make ;(
-mike
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