linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.5 43/45] Fix nomenclature for USB and PCI wireless devices

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Message-ID: <2023090838-slurp-tilt-c7c4@gregkh>
Date:   Fri, 8 Sep 2023 22:31:55 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
Cc:     Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.5 43/45] Fix nomenclature for USB and PCI
 wireless devices

On Fri, Sep 08, 2023 at 03:12:26PM -0400, Alan Stern wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 08, 2023 at 02:13:24PM -0400, Sasha Levin wrote:
> > From: Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
> > 
> > [ Upstream commit 5d7cf67f72ae34d38e090bdfa673da4aefe4048e ]
> > 
> > A mouse that uses a USB connection is called a "USB mouse" device (or
> > "USB mouse" for short), not a "mouse USB" device.  By analogy, a WiFi
> > adapter that connects to the host computer via USB is a "USB wireless"
> > device, not a "wireless USB" device.  (The latter term more properly
> > refers to a defunct Wireless USB specification, which described a
> > technology for sending USB protocol messages over an ultra wideband
> > radio link.)
> > 
> > Similarly for a WiFi adapter card that plugs into a PCIe slot: It is a
> > "PCIe wireless" device, not a "wireless PCIe" device.
> > 
> > Rephrase the text in the kernel source where the word ordering is
> > wrong.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
> > Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> > Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org>
> > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/57da7c80-0e48-41b5-8427-884a02648f55@rowland.harvard.edu
> > Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
> 
> 
> Is there any real reason to apply this commit to the -stable kernels?
> I did not mark it that way when it was submitted, and it doesn't fix
> any bugs.  In fact, aside from updating some module and device
> description strings, all it does is change a bunch of comments.
> 
> Does that really fall under the -stable rules for acceptance?

Not really, this is just documentation, it should be dropped from the
autosel queues.

thanks,

greg k-h