linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 12/28] docs: i2c: smbus-protocol: properly name start and stop conditions

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Date:   Thu, 23 Jan 2020 14:50:47 +0100
From:   Luca Ceresoli <luca@...aceresoli.net>
To:     linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Luca Ceresoli <luca@...aceresoli.net>,
        Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>,
        Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.de>, Peter Rosin <peda@...ntia.se>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 12/28] docs: i2c: smbus-protocol: properly name start and stop conditions

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>
Reviewed-by: Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.de>
---
 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
-- 
2.25.0