linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/2] net: dsa: Use conduit and user terms

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Message-ID: <ZTYc6l2ZpLeGRFj9@duo.ucw.cz>
Date:   Mon, 23 Oct 2023 09:12:42 +0200
From:   Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:     Florian Fainelli <florian.fainelli@...adcom.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Broadcom internal kernel review list 
        <bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com>,
        "open list:ARM/Mediatek SoC support" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "moderated list:ARM/Mediatek SoC support" 
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/2] net: dsa: Use conduit and user terms

On Wed 2023-10-11 15:20:25, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> Use more inclusive terms throughout the DSA subsystem by moving away
> from "master" which is replaced by "conduit" and "slave" which is
> replaced by "user". No functional changes.

Note that by making it more "inclusive" you make it incomprehensible
for users where english is not their first language.

Plus, "user" already means something else in kernel context, so this
will likely be confusing even for native speakers.

This is wrong.
								Pavel
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