linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 31/32] spi: Drop compat layer from renaming "master" to "controller"

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Message-ID: <ZcZDugcgkClwX7qp@black.fi.intel.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2024 17:24:42 +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,
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
	Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@...wei.com>,
	Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
	Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
	James Clark <james.clark@....com>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-spi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 31/32] spi: Drop compat layer from renaming "master"
 to "controller"

On Wed, Feb 07, 2024 at 07:40:45PM +0100, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> Now that all in-tree users followed the rename, the compat stuff can go
> away.  This completes the renaming started with commit 8caab75fd2c2
> ("spi: Generalize SPI "master" to "controller"")

It does not complete the conversion.
We still have spi_alloc_master/slave.

Besides, we still have drivers that use master/slave terminology in
their (local) variables, functions and data type names.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko