linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 32/32] Documentation: spi: Update documentation for renaming "master" to "controller"

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Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2024 17:23:04 +0200
From: Andy Shevchenko <andy@...ck.fi.intel.com>
To: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
Cc: Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>, kernel@...gutronix.de,
	linux-spi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 32/32] Documentation: spi: Update documentation for
 renaming "master" to "controller"

On Wed, Feb 07, 2024 at 07:40:46PM +0100, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> In commit 8caab75fd2c2 ("spi: Generalize SPI "master" to "controller"")
> some functions and struct members were renamed. Adapt the documentation
> accordingly.

Somebody should add a section about terminology.
Now we have again desynchonized (some are using 'host controller' /
'peripheral device'). As a result some drivers are defining variables
and data structures with this schema.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko