linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 12/26] docs: i2c: smbus-protocol: properly name start and stop conditions

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Date:   Mon, 20 Jan 2020 15:16:57 +0100
From:   Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.de>
To:     Luca Ceresoli <luca@...aceresoli.net>
Cc:     linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org,
        Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>,
        Peter Rosin <peda@...ntia.se>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 12/26] docs: i2c: smbus-protocol: properly name start
 and stop conditions

On Sun,  5 Jan 2020 23:49:58 +0100, Luca Ceresoli wrote:
> In I2C there is no such thing as a "start bit" or a "stop bit". Use the
> proper naming: "start condition" and "stop condition".
> 
> Signed-off-by: Luca Ceresoli <luca@...aceresoli.net>
> ---
>  Documentation/i2c/smbus-protocol.rst | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/smbus-protocol.rst b/Documentation/i2c/smbus-protocol.rst
> index 1600b09ec0be..8510eeda1dd0 100644
> --- a/Documentation/i2c/smbus-protocol.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/i2c/smbus-protocol.rst
> @@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ Key to symbols
>  ==============
>  
>  =============== =============================================================
> -S     (1 bit) : Start bit
> -P     (1 bit) : Stop bit
> +S             : Start condition
> +P             : Stop condition
>  Rd/Wr (1 bit) : Read/Write bit. Rd equals 1, Wr equals 0.
>  A, NA (1 bit) : Accept and reverse accept bit.
>  Addr  (7 bits): I2C 7 bit address. Note that this can be expanded as usual to

Reviewed-by: Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.de>

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